- Bow of Barge
- 165ffw 53m
- Long Point, Lake Erie
- 42º 36.497’ 79º 54.443
GLM 507, commonly known as “Dooner’s Barge,” was owned by John “Dooner” Misner. The barge is a steel vessel that foundered and now lies broken and scattered on a mud bottom in 70 feet of water. It was carrying a cargo of 1,600 tons of pig iron, which is now scattered around the remains of the barge.
The barge had an official number of Former US# 291051 and was powered by being towed. It was owned by Great Lakes Marine Contracting, Ltd. of Port Dover, Ontario. GLM 507 was built in 1963 in Mobile, Alabama. It had dimensions of 240 feet in length, 50 feet in width, and 11 feet in depth. The barge had a tonnage of 1,100 gross and net.
The loss of GLM 507 occurred on Wednesday, November 18, 1981. The cause of the barge’s foundering is not specified in the provided information.
