Manitowoc, WI: St Mary's Cement Terminal

(3D Satellite)

I'm very familiar with this cement terminal because it is in the background of some of the photos of Manitowoc Engineering and because it was a common destination of the St. Marys Challenger.

3D Satellite

1 of 15 photos posted by Connor Siemers
12/19/2020 St. Marys Challenger/Prentiss Brown departure from Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
Connor Siemers shared

Given the smokestack, I wonder if they used to make cement here.

Street View

There used to be more buildings and some smoke back in 2008.

Street View, Oct 2008

Because Burger Boat is just south of this plant, it appears in the background of this photo.

1 of 3 photos posted by Pete N Vladdie, cropped
Some Burger beauties!

Because of the rather long and serpentine river passage to get to the cement plant, there are plenty of boatfan photos of tug+barges going to and from the plant.

Satellite

 

Matt Carlson, Jul 2017
[The St. Marys barge is outbound approaching the 8th Street Bridge.]

1 of 8 photos posted by Matt McDonald, cropped
Caught what was most likely the last cement load of the 2018 shipping season coming into Manitowoc this afternoon.
St. Marys Conquest/Bradshaw McKee
[It is going under the 10th Street Bridge. We can see the cement terminal in the right background. But it has to go around the peninsula to get to it.]

This is the post that motivated writing these notes. The tug/barge is outbound and it backs up until it gets to this turning basin.

Charles Edwards posted
Departing Manitowoc, WI Caroline McKee/Commander.
Paul Solin shared

Here is the Commander barge paired with the Bradshaw McKee tug going inbound.

1 of 12 photos posted by Conor Siemers

Note the Dec 20 date and the ice on the river.

1 of 15 photos posted by Connor Siemers
12/19/2020 St. Marys Challenger/Prentiss Brown departure from Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
Connor Siemers shared

Here is what the St Marys Challenger looked like before it was converted to a barge.

Google
Postcard The Medusa Challenger 10th Street Bridge Manitowoc Wisconsin

Connor Siemers posted a comment that provides travel times: "St. Marys Challenger/Prentiss Brown is Manitowoc bound. 1 hour upriver to its dock/terminal then 2 hours to unload then 1 hour back out to Lake Michigan."