User:GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 7

44°58′7″N 83°12′3″W / 44.96861°N 83.20083°W / 44.96861; -83.20083

History
United States
NameGrecian
Operator
BuilderGlobe Iron Works Company, Cleveland, Ohio
Yard number40
LaunchedFebruary 26, 1891
In service1891
Out of serviceJune 15, 1906
IdentificationUS official number 86136
FateSank on Lake Huron
General characteristics
Class and typeLake freighter
Tonnage
Length296.2 feet (90.3 m)
Beam40.4 feet (12.3 m)
Depth21.1 feet (6.4 m)
Installed power
Propulsion1 × fixed pitch propeller
National Register of Historic Places data
Grecian Shipwreck Site
GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 7 is located in Michigan
GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 7
GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 7 is located in the United States
GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 7
LocationSoutheast of Alpena, Michigan
Coordinates44°58′7″N 83°12′3″W / 44.96861°N 83.20083°W / 44.96861; -83.20083
Built1891
ArchitectGlobe Iron Works Company
Architectural styleLake freighter
NRHP reference No.100001835
Added to NRHPFebruary 8, 2018

History

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Background

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In 1843, the gunship USS Michigan, built in Erie, Pennsylvania, became the first iron-hulled vessel built on the Great Lakes.[1] In the mid-1840s, Canadian companies began importing iron vessels prefabricated by shipyards in the United Kingdom. However, it would not be until 1862 that the first iron-hulled merchant ship, Merchant, was built on the Great Lakes.[1] Despite the success of Merchant, wooden vessels remained preferable to iron ones until the 1880s, due to their inexpensiveness, and the abundance of timber.[2][3][4] In the early 1880s, shipyards around the Great Lakes began to construct iron ships on a relatively large scale; in 1882, Onoko, an iron freighter, temporarily became the largest ship on the lakes.[4][5] In 1884, the first steel freighters were built on the Great Lakes, and by the 1890s, the majority of ships constructed on the lakes were made of steel.[6][7]

Design and construction

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Service history

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Final voyage

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Wreck

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b Bugbee (1) (1962), p. 24.
  2. ^ Bugbee (1) (1962), p. 26.
  3. ^ Bowlus (2010), p. 85.
  4. ^ a b Thompson (1994), p. 32.
  5. ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 48.
  6. ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 49.
  7. ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 51.

Sources

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  • Bowlus, W. Bruce (2010). Iron Ore Transport on the Great Lakes: The Development of a Delivery System to Feed American Industry. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-786433-26-1. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  • Bugbee (1), Gordon P. (1962). "Iron Merchant Ships: An Upper Lakes Centennial – Part One" (PDF). Detroit, Michigan: Great Lakes Maritime Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Bugbee (2), Gordon P. (1962). "Iron Merchant Ships: An Upper Lakes Centennial – Part Two" (PDF). Detroit, Michigan: Great Lakes Maritime Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 20, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Thompson, Mark L. (1994). Queen of the Lakes. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-2393-6. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.