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Marine Review (Cleveland, OH), May 1926, p. 83

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May, 1926 MARINE REVIEW Toledo Shipbuilding Company lnc. TOLEDO - OHIO Builders of the World’s Record Cargo Ship Steamer William K. Field 604 ft. Long, 60 ft. Beam, 32 ft. Depth. Deadweight Tonnage 12000. VER half a million tons of freight carried—forty six cargoes of ore and coal delivered in seven months and seventeen days by the steamer William K. Field. This remarkable performance earned her the title, “Champion Freight Carrier of the World’. During the season 1924 on the Great Lakes she registered a total Builders and Repairers of Ships and Engines of 552,014 tons. An unprecedented ac- complishment! The William K. Field is owned and operated by Reiss Steamship Company, Cleveland, Ohio. Her type of construc- tion permits rapid loading and discharge of cargo. This was an important factor in her record breaking perform- ance. Please mention MARINE REVIEW when writing to Advertisers ra

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