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Researchers Just Found The Wreck Of The SS Western Reserve — 132 Years After It Sank To The Bottom Of Lake Superior
On a summer night in 1892, the SS Western Reserve set out for a leisurely cruise through the Great Lakes. But disaster struck ...
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Wreckage Of SS Western Reserve, Lost In 1892, Discovered In Lake Superior
One of these long-lost vessels, SS Western Reserve, has eluded discovery since she disappeared in a late-summer gale in 1892. In 2024, however, Darryl Ertel — Director of Marine Operations at ...
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PHOTOS: 132-year-old wreck of ‘one of the safest ships afloat’ discovered in Lake Superior
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society has announced the discovery of a new wreck on Lake Superior: The SS Western Reserve. The 300-foot steel steamer was ...
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132 years after Lake Superior shipwreck that left single survivor, vessel found
In August of 1892, Captain Peter G. Minch was taking his family on a summer cruise en route to Two Harbors, Minnesota, on the Western Reserve. Captain Minch, a millionaire shipping magnate ...