North Star

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dc.contributor.author Unknown en_US
dc.coverage.spatial Great Lakes en_US
dc.coverage.temporal ca. 1889 -- 1908 en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2008-09-23T10:08:38Z
dc.date.available 2008-09-23T10:08:38Z
dc.date.created n.d. en_US
dc.date.issued 2008-09-23T10:08:38Z
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2374.BGSU/1073
dc.description The NORTH STAR was built in 1889 by Globe Iron Works at Cleveland, OH U.S. The North Star is a steel hulled propeller driven vessel with a length of 299 feet, and a width of 40 feet. It displaces 2476 tons, and has a load capacity of 1885 tons. It entered service in the year 1889 under the ownership of Northern Steamship Co. of Superior, WI U.S. The vessel was removed from service with the following notation: Sunk in collision with propeller NORTHERN QUEEN in dense fog, November 25, 1908, off Sanilac, MI, Lake Huron; no lives lost. Vessel was downbound from Duluth with mixed cargo of flour, wheat, and shingles at time of loss. The photograph shows the North Star under way on the Great Lakes. More information about this vessel is available at the <a href="http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/page39984.html">HCGL Website</a> en_US
dc.language en_US en_US
dc.relation.ispartof HCGL Main Photograph Collection en_US
dc.rights World en_US
dc.rights.uri http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/page41430.html en_US
dc.subject.lcsh ships -- great lakes -- n. america en_US
dc.subject.lcsh ships -- great lakes -- Ohio en_US
dc.title North Star en_US
dc.type 4 x 6 Black & White Print en_US
dc.contributor.repository Historic Collections of the Great Lakes en_US
dc.contributor.repository Historical Collections of the Great Lakes / Center for Archival Collections en_US
dc.publisher.digital Historical Collections of the Great Lakes en_US
dc.date.digitized 03/08/2000 en_US
dc.equipment.digitizing HP Scanjet 6200C en_US
dc.relation.hasformat Photographic Print en_US
dc.contributor.institution Bowling Green State University en_US

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