To: Eric in the Ozarks
Say Eric how many wreck are in the big lake, I can't remember anymore.
To: markman46
Of the 350 vessels known to have sunk in Lake Superior, fewer than 50 remained unaccounted for...
15 posted on
07/20/2005 8:09:55 AM PDT by
frithguild
(If I made one mistake, it was that I was too cooperative and waited too long to go on the offensive.)
To: markman46
There are estimates but a real number isn't known. Steel vessels last almost indefinitely in cold fresh water.
The steamer E. M. Ford was built in 1898 and is still in service for Inland Lakes Transportation Co of Alpina, Michigan, hauling cement. Like a lot of these old girls, she was cut in half and lengthened and her coal stoker system replaced with Number 6 oil many years ago.
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