Marquette (shipwreck)
Coordinates: 46°49.912′N 90°25.784′W / 46.831867°N 90.429733°W
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| History | |
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 United States
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| Owner: | Joseph C. Gilchrist |
| Builder: | Globe Iron Works Company, Cleveland, Ohio |
| Laid down: | October 15, 1903 |
| Launched: | 1881 |
| Identification: | Official number: 110465[1] |
| Fate: | Sank, October 15, 1903 |
| Status: | Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | Bulk freighter |
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| Length: | 235 ft (72 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Depth: | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam engine, 1 shaft |
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Marquette Shipwreck | |
| Nearest city | La Pointe, Wisconsin |
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| MPS | Great Lakes Shipwreck Sites of Wisconsin MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 08000027[2] |
| Added to NRHP | February 13, 2008 |
Marquette is a shipwreck off the shore of Michigan Island in the Apostle Islands area of Lake Superior, just northeast of Bayfield, Wisconsin, United States.[3]
Ship history
The wooden-hulled lake freighter[1] was built by the Globe Iron Works Company of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1881, and named Republic.[4] She was renamed Marquette in 1890.[1]
On October 15, 1903, while about 5 miles east of Michigan Island[2] and carrying a cargo of iron ore, she sprang a leak and began to sink. The crew escaped in lifeboats.[1]
The ship now lies 200 feet (61 m) underwater, with the bow largely intact but the stern badly broken up. The wreck was discovered in 2005, but divers did not reach it until the following year. Mapping and documenting the shipwreck was a joint venture between the Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society, the Wisconsin Historical Society - State Historic Preservation Office, and the Great Lakes Shipwreck Research Foundation. The ship was listed on the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places on July 20, 2007 and on the National Register of Historic Places on February 13, 2008. These listings protect the wreck from potential claimants and divers who would pilfer artifacts.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Swayze, Dave (2011). "Great Lakes Shipwreck File (M)". boatnerd. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings: February 22, 2008". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-08-22.
- 1 2 "Shipwreck Marquette Listed on the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places". Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ↑ Colton, Tim (2012). "Globe Iron Works, AmShip Cleveland". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
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