Name/Title
Edgar B. Speer AerialEntry/Object ID
2019.58.06Description
A color aerial view of the Edgar B. Speer at American Ship Building.
Edgar B. Speer was the former chairman and chief executive officer of the United States Steel Corporation.
The Edgar B. Speer was built in two sections in 1980, one in Toledo and one in Lorain. She was launched on May 8, 1980. Her 20 hatches feed 5 holds where she can load 73,700 tons of cargo. Her unusual self-unloading system consists of a stern mounted 52-foot unloading boom that restricts her cargo to taconite pellets. The only two locations that can accept the Speer’s unloading boom are located in Gary and Conneaut.Photograph Details
Subject Person or Organization
American Shipbuilding CompanyAcquisition
Accession
2019.58Source or Donor
Mathewson, LindaAcquisition Method
Donation