SS Western Reserve

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title: SS Western Reserve
text: The SS Western Reserve was a propeller lake freighter that was constructed in 1890 by the Cleveland Shipbuilding Company for Peter G. Minch, a ship's captain and operator who was pioneering the industrialization of bulk carrier freight service on the Great Lakes. She had a length of 301 feet, a beam of 41 feet and drew 21 feet of water. She and a ship of similar dimensions and building history, the SS W.H. Gilcher, were two of the first lake freighters to be constructed out of steel plate. Her s
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description: Lake freighter that sank in Lake Superior
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Western_Reserve
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date modified: 2023-12-19T05:54:21Z
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