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And Notes
Miller Boat Line Awards Contract For New Ferry
Miller Boat Line of Put-in-Bay, OH has awarded Elliott Bay Design Group of Seattle, WA with a design contract for a new passenger/vehicle ferry to supplement their current operation servicing the Lake Erie Islands. The ferry will be roughly 140’ in length with a carrying capacity of 26 standard vehicles and up to 600 passengers. The vessel will be ADA accessible and will feature Tier 3 propulsion technology.
Jacob Market, Vice President of Resources for Miller Boat line comments, “Elliott Bay Design Group offered a thorough, well thought-out approach to our operational needs, addressing every aspect of our desired vessel outcome. The initial design offered by Elliott Bay Design Group was very much in line with our goals and we look forward to working with their team.”
The ferry line has experienced consistent traffic growth since its last vessel, the PUT-IN-BAY, was built in 1997 and lengthened to 136 feet in 2010.
Miller Boat Line, Inc. operates passenger/vehicle ferries from Catawba Point, OH to Put-in-Bay (South Bass Island) and Middle Bass Island in Lake Erie’s Western Basin. Miller ferries transport hundreds of thousands of passengers and vehicles each year, and are the lifeline to the resort islands. The company was established in 1905, and is family owned and operated.
For more information, please visit their website http://www.millerferry.com.
Historical Society Elects New Trustee
The Catawba Island Historical Society has elected Kenneth A. Williams to its Board of Trustees. Williams, who is Director of Golf and Marketing at the Catawba Island Club, also co-manages CIC special projects and initiatives. He will serve an initial term of 1 year and be eligible for subsequent 3 year term elections beginning in January 2019.
Williams earned a B. S. in Landscape Architecture at the University of Florida and initially pursued a career in golf course architecture. He was an Executive
Vice President for Arthur Hills with responsibility for international network development and project design and management. He joined the Catawba Island Club’s management team in 2009.
The Catawba Island Historical Society has leased Union Chapel, an iconic 1888 non-denominational church on E. Porter Street, from Catawba Island Township.
An opening for phase one is targeted for the
first half of 2018.
Kenneth A. Williams
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