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Title: Superior
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Publisher: Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
Description: The SUPERIOR was built in 1890 by Cleveland Dry Dock Co. at Cleveland, OH U.S. The Superior is a wood hulled propeller driven vessel with a length of 98 feet, and a width of 29 feet. It displaces 251 tons, and has a load capacity of 167 tons. It entered service in the year 1890 under the ownership of Duluth-Superior Steamship Co. (M.H. Murch, Mgr.) of Duluth, MN U.S. The vessel was removed from service with the following notation: Burned at head of Stag Island, St. Clair River, May 6, 1920, and beached on west side of island. Blown up in November, 1958. The photograph shows the Superior under way on the Great Lakes. More information about this vessel is available at the HCGL Website
Subject: ships -- great lakes -- n. america;
ships -- great lakes -- Ohio
Coverage Spatial: Great Lakes
Coverage Temporal: ca. 1890 -- 1920
Type: 4 x 6 Black & White Print
Language: Language Not Specified
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2374.BGSU/1729

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