Sharon Linstedt, reporter for the Buffalo News, has a story today on the unknown fate of the Aquarama.
The Marine Star, the rusting passenger ferry that spent more than a decade sitting on the Buffalo waterfront, is on its way to Turkey.
But it is still not known whether the once-proud ship is headed to the scrap yard or new life as a floating casino.
The Aquarama should have been kept in the USA and used for a maritime Great Lakes museum, or restored for lake cruises. There are many uses. It could have been a tourist attraction still. It could have been a nice money making project for the state of Ohio, New York, Wisconsin, or Michigan, but instead because of foolish lack of imagination and planning it is gone. I hope it does not end up as scrap. That would be a mindless act.