SS Indiana (1848)

The boiler from the SS Indiana being pulled from Lake Superior in 1979.

The SS Indiana was a freighter built in 1848. It was built with am 18-foot steam engine with an Erickson Screw Propeller. It served Lake Superior as a passenger ship and became a transporter for iron ore after the Soo Locks opened. It shipwrecked on June 6, 1858, at Crisp Point Light. The boat started leaking near the propeller shaft during a storm. It was carrying iron ore from Marquette, Michigan during the time of its accident.[1]

In 1979, the Smithsonian Institution, the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the United States Navy salvaged the steam engine from Lake Superior. The engine and related artifacts are held in the collection of the National Museum of American History.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "John Stine Stands above the Engine of the Freighter "Indiana"". Torch. Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
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