Dry Dock Boat at St. Aubin - Detroit, Mi
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Rattrak
N 42° 19.972 W 083° 01.607
17T E 333020 N 4688724
Dry Dock Boat at St. Aubin is found at near the south entrance of the William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor.
Waymark Code: WM86TH
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 02/08/2010
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Dry Dock Boat at St. Aubin
I am glad this piece is still here as 2 other Smithsonian piece that used to be here in the park are no longer there.
The day I visited for photos (as I have have been here many times over the years) the old machine shop for the historical dry dock here was being used to shoot a new Hollywood film.
Information from the SIRIS website is as follows;
Description:
The sculpture depicts a model of the freighter "Pioneer" as it looked in the Detroit Dry Dock Company's dry dock number two, built in 1892 along the river near what is now St. Aubin Park. The Detroit Dry Dock Company once operated there, constructing and repairing freighters and passenger steamers that traveled along the river. The dry dock was created with a "caisson gate" sunk into place at the river's edge, and when the river water was pumped out of the area, this allowed workers access to all parts of the freighter. This dry dock was one of the Great Lake's largest, measuring 378 feet long.
The inscription is;
On this site, under the waters of St. Albin Parks visiting ship dock, remains the 1892
Detroit Dry Dock Co’s Dry Dock No. 2. One of the largest on the Great Lakes, it measured
378 feet in length. The Detroit Dry Dock Company constructed and repaired freighters and
Passenger steamers. This model shows the freighter, The Pioneer, that was completed in
1892. During construction the steel hull, manufactured in Wyandotte, Michigan was towed
into the dry dock. A “caisson gate” was sunk into place, at the river’s edge. Water was then
pumped out of the area while workers labored to install decks, cabins, masts and the engine. The company’s foundry and machine shop was located across Atwater Street to
the north.