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FollowSinking of the Montrose in the Detroit River 1962
In July of 1962 in the Detroit River just below the Ambassador Bridge a gleaming white British freighter slipped its moorings at a Detroit dock and made for the...
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In July of 1962 in the Detroit River just below the Ambassador Bridge a gleaming white British freighter slipped its moorings at a Detroit dock and made for the upbound Detroit River channel for the long trip to Lake Superior. Also on the river that night was the tugboat B.H. Becker pushing a 200-foot barge laden with clinker cement from Port Huron bound for the Peerless Cement plant on the Rouge River. The ghostly white view of the SS Montrose appeared out of the dark directly in front of the barge. It was too late to avoid a collision.
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