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Goodrich was involved in controversy. More than one Goodrich vessel was lost due to shipwreck. The SS Alpena was lost in October 1880 en route from Grand Haven, Michigan to Chicago, Illinois, and a subsequent investigation took the company to task for poor equipment condition and poorly trained crew. [7]
With the reorganization of 1939, Cleveland succeeded Grand haven as headquarters of the Ninth Coast Guard District, but Grand Haven remained an important location with a Coast Guard station, a lighthouse, and USCGC Escanaba, which exploded and sank on June 13, 1943, while on convoy duty in the North Atlantic. All but two men of the 103 man crew ...
Grand Haven is the first city officially designated as Coast Guard City, USA by an act of Congress signed by President Bill Clinton. The act was Public Law 105-383 enacted by the United States Congress and signed by the president on November 13, 1998. [17] Coast Guard cutter entering the Grand Haven channel as part of the 2017 festival.
Lake Michigan Wreck Dive - SS Wisconsin, Waukegan, IL (north of Chicago), summer 2012 The wreck site is a popular location for historians, archaeologists and divers. It lies in 90 to 130 feet (27 to 40 m) of water, 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south-southeast of Kenosha .
Edward Ferry continued as one of Grand Haven's most prominent businessmen through the 1870s and into the 1880s. In the mid-1880s, as the lumber business sagged, Ferry moved from this house to Wisconsin, and later to Park City, Utah to take up silver mining. Ferry sold the house in Grand Haven in 1885. [2]
#13 Promenade And Grand Salon, Trouville, Normandy, France, Ca. 1895. Image credits: Photoglob Zürich #14 Photo Family Hungary - Kapeller. Image credits: Madboy74
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Bob Goodrich, was the owner and president of Goodrich Quality Theaters, also owns and operates WPRR AM and FM in Grand Rapids. On February 28, 2020, Goodrich Quality Theaters filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. [1]