Lakers

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Lakers are the bulkers prominent on the Great Lakes, often identifiable by having a forward house which helps in transiting locks. Operating in fresh water, these ships suffer much less corrosion damage and have a much longer lifespan than saltwater ships.^[23] As of 2005, there were 98 lakers of 10,000 DWT or over. ^[24] (Photo: Edmund Fitzgerald, a Great Lakes bulker.)