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Shipwrecks of Lake Erie - Tragedy in the Quadrangle (Paperback)
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Shipwrecks of Lake Erie - Tragedy in the Quadrangle (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 4 530
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As the shallowest of the Great Lakes, Lake Erie is prone to sudden,
steep waves and dense fogs. These deadly conditions were hazardous
to steamers that crossed on busy nineteenth-century trade routes
and ships that battled on its surface in the War of 1812. It was
the poor visibility of a summer haze that claimed the steamer
"Atlantic" and approximately two hundred of its immigrant
passengers in 1852. The 1916 Black Friday Storm destroyed four
ships, including the "unsinkable" whaleback "James B Colgate,"
during the twenty-hour tantrum. Tragedies continued well into the
twentieth century with the loss of fishing tugs like the "Aletha
B," "Richard R" and "Stanley Clipper." A veritable graveyard, Lake
Erie's Quadrangle might be responsible for more shipwrecks per
square mile than any other region in the world. Author David Frew
dives deep to discover the mysteries of some of Lake Erie's most
notorious wrecks.
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