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oi \tm, mumCapt. Jacobs Command-‘ ed Tug When Canal Here Was Built• %Captain Frank Jacobs, 73 years of age, lias retired from sailing after a service of 51 years holding master's papers, during which time he has been in command of some of the best i tugs on the Great Lakes.Capt. Jacobs is among the lake captains who took to the water at Sturgeon Bay, and in the early days Sturgeon Bay produced some of the best mariners on the Great Lakes with Capt. Jacobs among them.The first tug ho was in command of was the Alert, which was employed in towing dump scows when the canal was being dug connecting the waters of Sturgeon bay with Lake Michigan. Captain Jacobs commanded the well known tug O. B. Greene for a number of years, and when . vessel towing rivalry was at its height in this bay, he stated that he hooked onto the biggest tow that ever, was brought through Sturgeon bay, totaling twelve vessels.. During the past 22 years Captain Jacobs has been employed for the Fritzslmmons Cornell company of Chicago, being in command of some of the best tugs in their fleet in both harbor and outside work.Captain Jacobs has always made his home in Sturgeon Bay during the winter months and will mako this his headquarters in the future. , -, Many Ex*Prciidentt! Between March 4, 1SG1, when Abra* .ham Lincoln took oath of nfllce as
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Sturgeon Bay Door County Advocate
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Apr 25, 1930
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