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The Madeira was built and launched at the Chicago Yard of the Chicago Shipbuilding Company in 1900. It had a plate keel and was shaped very flat and full to maximize cargo capacity with minimum draft. The vessel was built to carry bulk cargoes of g [...]
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The Thomas Wilson was a riveted-steel, single propeller freight-carrying steamship. The Wilson was built during the winter of 1891-1892 at West Superior, Wisc., and was launched April 30, 1892. The wreck of the Wilson is historically significan [...]
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Article: LAKE DISASTERS. -- In North Bay the schooner PFISTER, of Milwaukee, corn laden, lays on the beach full of water. The TWO FRIENDS (Canada vessel) grain loaded, is also on the beach, full of water. The schooner LEM ELLSWORTH is also on the be [...]
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Built in Cleveland in 1882, the wooden bulk carrier sank 20 years later on Nov. 17 while hauling a cargo of iron ore out of Superior, Wis. She is a rare example of a vessel type that linked Minnesota's Iron Range with manufacturing centers in the eas [...]
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The steamer Onoko was the first iron-hulled, iron-screw steam freighter on the Great Lakes. The Onoko was built at Radcliff's yard in Cleveland by the Globe Iron Works and was launched on Feb. 16, 1882. It was the largest vessel on the Great Lake [...]
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The SS R.F. Goodman was a steam wood screw tug built in 1882 and was lost approximately 3 miles off shore to a fire on 19.08.1989. According to wreck site.eu the wreck is upright on the seabed. All Content the property o [...]
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