Instead of just stopping in the city overnight, the four vessels will be in for six days in what might be their only ...
At its prime 132 years ago, the Western Reserve had been hailed as one of the safest ships on the Great Lakes. These steel steamers were built to haul cargo and set shipping records with their speed.
In its day, the Western Reserve was an engineering marvel. At 318 feet long, it was one of the first ships on the Great Lakes made entirely of steel. It was built for speed—earning the nickname ...
The shipwreck, broken in two, was discovered by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society using sonar technology. A historic all-steel ship that broke records as it cruised the Great Lakes but ...
Though some individual researchers place the number much higher, the official estimate is that slightly more than 6,000 ships lie on the bottom of the Great Lakes. Roughly half of them fell ...