Bradley Transportation Company

Bradley Transportation Company
Company typeSubsidiary of Michigan Limestone
IndustryShipping
Founded1912
Defunct1981
HeadquartersRogers City, Michigan
Area served
Great Lakes
Key people
Carl D. Bradley (President)
ParentUnited States Steel Corporation

The Bradley Transportation Company, was an American shipping company that was a subsidiary of the Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company and handled its shipment of limestone to its parent company U.S. Steel. It boasted a large fleet of self-unloading lakers that were ordered specifically for the company.[1][2][dead link] The Bradley Trans Co. was later merged with the U.S. Steel Great Lakes Fleet during the early 1980s.[3]

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  2. ^ Micketti, Gerald (1995), The Bradley boats, G.F. Micketti, retrieved 9 January 2019
  3. ^ French, David. "United States Steel, Great Lakes Fleet".