won in the local courts and then in state court and ultimately in the US Supreme court. Deterioration and restoration Due to competition from nearby Cedar Point, attendance at Boblo Island declined. In 1990, the company then operating Boblo Island said the steamers were too much to handle and were becoming a burden on the company's finances. The summer of 1991 was the last for Columbia and Ste. Claire and they were sold as a pair in the federal bankruptcy court in Minneapolis in November, 1991. In 1993, Boblo Island was closed and sold to real estate developers. The ships were docked outside the Great Lakes Steel Company in Ecorse, Michigan, where they sat unprotected from the harsh Michigan winters. They were auctioned in foreclosure in 1996 and by 2000, both steamers were showing deterioration with chipped paint, rotting wood, and holes in the decks. In 2004 a team led by the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy had Columbia "shrink-wrapped" to reduce further deterioration while they considered purchase and restoration. However, in early 2006, given budgetary constraints they removed themselves from consideration. Later that year, with the assistance of National Trust for Historic Preservation Columbia was awarded to a New York-based non-profit group, "The S.S. Columbia Project", for restoration to active service as an educational, cultural, and Heritage tourism resource for use on the Hudson River. The plan for the ship's restoration and re-use was based on the European model of maritime preservation where the ship's restoration is funded through a non profit capital campaign and then the ship's operations are funded through earned revenues. Plans for the restored ship included daily excursions from the west side of Manhattan to the communities of the Hudson Valley. Temporary alterations on both ships, Columbia and Ste. Clair, was made for the 2014 feature film Transformers: Age of Extinction. In September 2014, Columbia was towed from Detroit to Toledo, Ohio, for dry docking in preparation for moving to New York. In September 2015, she was moved to Buffalo, New York, where she is being prepared for an eventual move to the Hudson River. The video for the 2017 single "Score The Sky" by the UK band Lost Horizons was filmed at locations including the SS Columbia. See also Bob-Lo Island Amusement Park Sarah Elizabeth Ray References External links Historic footage of SS Columbia in 1921, bound for Boblo Island (begins at 2:10 on video) Southwestern