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The Rouse Simmons was a three-masted schooner famous for having sunk in a violent storm on Lake Michigan in 1912. The ship was bound for Chicago with a cargo of Christmas trees when it foundered off Two Rivers, Wisconsin, killing all on board.
Among these ships was the Rouse Simmons, a Christmas tree ship which sank in Lake Michigan in 1912. Christmas tree shipping continued to occur in Chicago into the 1930s. [ 1 ] Ships laden with Christmas gifts for distribution were also referred to as "Christmas ships" in the early twentieth century, [ 2 ] even inspiring a popular World War I ...
The City of Milwaukee is a steel-hulled ship with a carrying capacity of 28–30 fully loaded rail cars. She was powered by four Scotch marine boilers , producing 185 psi (1,280 kPa) of pressure. The boilers were fueled by coal until 1947, when the COM was converted to No.5 ( Bunker C ) fuel oil, and was routinely topped off with 1,200 US ...
Christmas Ship may refer to: Christmas ships, parades of decorated boats for Christmas; The Rouse Simmons, a Christmas tree ship which sank in 1912
The ship is 361 feet (110 m) in length, 45 feet (14 m) in beam, a depth of 22 feet (6.7 m), with a gross tonnage of 4333 tons. She carried 350 passengers in staterooms at 18 knots. As originally built, she had a riveted steel hull and a wooden superstructure.
The Christmas Tree Ship is about the sinking of the Rouse Simmons itself. South Shore, Two Brothers and Three Sisters were the names of three other ships that sank the same night. Friday, Everybody Goodbye is the opening sentence of a message in a bottle [2] thrown into the sea by the captain of the Rouse Simmons.
On New Year's Eve, many localities in the United States and elsewhere mark the beginning of a new year through the raising or lowering of an object.Many of these events are patterned on festivities that have been held at New York City's Times Square since 1908, where a large crystal ball is lowered down a pole atop One Times Square (beginning its descent at 11:59:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and ...
In December 2024, it was announced the Oregon Pacific Railroad East Portland Division, the 5-mile line between Portland and Milwaukie along the Willamette River, would be acquired by October 2026 by the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation with the goal of continuing and enhancing excursion operations. [1]