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DIFFICULT TASK TO RAISE TUG SUNK IN CANAL
GATELIFTERS USED ON FORMER WATERWAY REQUISITIONED FOR THE JOB
DIVERS AT WORK AND EXPECTED CRAFT WILL BE FLOATED TOMORROW.
[The Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune, 16 November 1931]
With the arrival yesterday of the gate lifters, which were used on the old Welland Ship Canal at the scene of the sinking of the tug Rival, preparations started in earnest for the raising of the craft from where it came to rest after sinking just north of Lock eight Tuesday night. These gate lifters are operated by steam and are capable of lifting considerable tonnage. To raise the tug it is necessary to place wires beneath the sunken boat and as the stern is resting on solid rock this has been found a difficult task. It has been necessary to jack the roof end off the bottom to place these wires. All the wires will be placed however today and the tug will be raised tomorrow.
Considerable difficulty was found in securing operators for the gate lifters and it was necessary to obtain these men from Sarnia and Kingston. The work of the divers is exceptionally difficult on this job and the expert services of D.May and Louis Meyers has been obtained. Meyers is a well-known diver in northern waters, having handled many difficult jobs around the Great Lakes during his diving experience. The superintendent of the Sin Mac Lines, Percy Bonham, of Montreal, is on the job looking after the work. Captain Bolt Reid, manager of the Sin Mac Lines in Sarnia is still on the scene of operations assisting in the raising. The tug, Glide, also owned by the Sin Mac Lines and captained by Captain George Sheron, is assisting in the work.
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