Great Lakes Steamship Society
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GLSS to attend Baltimore "ShiPosium"
- March 16, 2012
GLSS will be attending the Steamship Historical Society of America "ShiPosium: Ships in Transition" event on May 18.
GLSS Presentation in Duluth
- January 26, 2012
Lake Superior Marine Museum Association to host a free talk by GLSS founder Steve Haverty on Thurs, Feb 16 at 7pm.
GLSS Blog
January 26, 2012
The J.B. Ford, originally named Edwin F. Holmes, was one of seven nearly-identical ships built for the Hawgood fleets between 1902 and 1904. She had the longest active career of any of these vessels, and is the last of them to...
Help Us to Save a Classic Great Lakes Steamship
Shop the GLSS Online Store!The Great Lakes Steamship Society is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of the 1904-vintage Great Lakes steamship J.B. Ford. In a career that lasted over a century, this grand old lady of the Lakes carried the goods that fed the industrial might of our nation, hauled the raw materials that helped to win two world wars, and survived some of the Great Lakes’ worst storms, including the infamous “White Hurricane” of 1913. Please support us in our efforts to save this historic ship.