SS Alpena — Originally launched in 1942 as the SS Leon Fraser, this 519-foot beauty started her career hauling iron ore before getting a new life in 1989 as a cement carrier. More than 80 years later, she’s still sailing strong — the oldest active freighter on the Great Lakes! Watch the Soo Locks Sault Ste Marie Mi camera 24/7 https://www.youtube.com/live/m7ecr01E2-Y #greatlakes #ssalpena #alpena #streamtimelive #livestreaming | StreamTime LIVE

• The 1942 SS Alpena - the ship that outlasted its entire fleet. Built before the first atomic bomb test (1945) or the invention of the transistor (1947), its steam system relies on purely mechanical engineering from the pre-digital era—no electronics, just boilers and turbines that have boiled billions of gallons of water over decades. This ship was sailing when “computers” meant human calculators, and it’s still operational in an age of AI and electric vehicles. Still running on steam power in

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301K views · 4.9K reactions | The oldest freighter currently sailing on the Great Lakes. This is the SS Alpena. #alpena #freighter #saultstemarie #boatnerd | MI Playground | Facebook