Take This Job and Love It

The Mackinac Bridge is one of the most-recognized symbols in Michigan. Tourists flock to the bridge each year just for the view of, and from, the miles-long bridge. 

As part of our series, Take This Job and Love It, Steve Keene met with someone whose job gives him a slightly different view of the Mighty Mac.

In Sault Ste Marie the locks bring the noise. You can hear the alarms of the gates, the foghorns, and the sound of the boats on the lake. But just a few blocks away from the locks, you can hear sounds like no other, all you have to do is listen…

  When you think of a summer job, you might think of an ice cream parlour, a lifeguard, or maybe construction, Andrew Morrow’s summer job is a bit different.

During the school year Andrew goes to Michigan State University and this summer he’s working with the Traverse City Pit Spitters, playing baseball as an infielder and outfielder. He said it’s a job he’s always dreamed of doing.

Seven thousand ships pass through the Soo Locks each year carrying more than eighty millions pounds of cargo. Whether it is small recreational boats or thousand foot freighters, every boat that passes through the locks does so with the help of engineers.