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The ''English River'' is a Canadian lake freighter and bulk carrier, launched in 1961.〔 〕 In her initial years she carried bulk cargoes and deck cargoes to smaller ports on the North American Great Lakes and St Lawrence River watershed and estuary. Her cargo capacity is about a quarter that of most of the Great Lakes fleet, she is slightly more than half the length, and her draft is about two-thirds that of larger vessels. By 1973 there was less need to sail to these small ports, as they could be served by new roads or railroads, so she was converted to a self-loading and unloading bulk carrier.〔 Subsequently she has carried mainly raw concrete for the construction industry. She was built in Collingwood, Ontario by the Collingwood Shipyards.〔 She was initially owned by Canadian General Electric. However they never operated the vessel, chartering her to Canada Steamship Lines. Canada Steamship bought the vessel in 1963. Her 1973 refitted and equipping with self-loading equipment took place in the yards of the Port Arthur Shipbuilding in what is now Thunder Bay, Ontario.〔 At that point she was chartered to Canada Cement Lafarge. Canada Steamship Lines continued to operate the vessel, but Laurentide Financial assumed ownership, until 1992, when Lafarge took over ownership. Her refit increased her cargo capacity from to . Canada Steamship Lines continues to operate the vessel, Lafarge continues to own her.〔 She carries raw concrete from quarries in Bath, Ontario to Toronto, Hamilton, Whitefish, Port Stanley, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit and Oswego, New York. The ''English River'' has been a relatively safe vessel, and has been one of the earliest vessels to travel the lakes in the spring.〔 In 1996 she alided with a dock in Cleveland. In 2012 an employee of Port Weller Drydocks was seriously injured when he fell 10 metres into her hold in a shipyard in Port Weller.〔 〕 The ''English River'' had a sister ship, the ''French River''—also named after an Ontario River.〔 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「English River (ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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