SS Edward L. Ryerson is a steel-hulled American Great Lakes freighter which entered service in 1960. Built between 1959 and 1960 for the Inland Steel Company, she was a member of the so-called 730-class of lake freighters, which shared the unofficial title of "Queen of the Lakes" due to their record-breaking length of 730 feet (222.5 m). The last steam-powered freighter built on the lakes, she began her maiden voyage on August 4, 1960, heading from Escanaba, Michigan, for Indiana Harbor, Indiana, with a cargo of iron ore. Edward L. Ryerson quickly became popular, to the point that there were rumors she would regularly be directed through the lock closest to the shore, the MacArthur Lock, for the benefit of boat watchers. She set two Great Lakes cargo haulage records during the 1960s, with the latter, set on August 28, 1962, being broken in 1965. Edward L. Ryerson has been laid up in Superior, Wisconsin, since 2009.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1640:

Bishops' Wars: Scottish Covenanter forces led by Alexander Leslie defeated the English army near Newburn, England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Newburn

1950:

In tennis, Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althea_Gibson

1987:

Construction on the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, the tallest structure in North Korea, began. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryugyong_Hotel

1993:

The NASA spacecraft Galileo flew by the asteroid 243 Ida and took photographs that later revealed the first known asteroid moon (both pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/243_Ida

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

stipend: 1. (archaic) A regular fixed payment made to someone (especially a clergyman, judge, soldier, or teacher) for services provided by them; a salary. 2. (by extension) 3. Some other form of fixed (and generally small) payment occurring at regular intervals, such as an allowance, a pension, or (obsolete) a tax. 4. (education) A scholarship granted to a student. 5. (obsolete) 6. Money which is earned; an income. 7. A one-off payment for a service provided. 8. (transitive, obsolete or historical) To provide (someone) with a stipend (an allowance, a pension, a salary, etc.). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stipend

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Behaviour is a mirror in which everyone shows his image.   --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe