SS Western Reserve
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ss-western-reserve-291-15536631
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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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Lake freighter that sank in Lake Superior
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Western_Reserve
date created:
date modified:
2023-12-19T05:54:21Z
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13
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