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  • Robert Noble US 110577

    Explore the remains of the Robert Noble, a wooden steambarge lost to fire in 1888, near Menominee, Michigan. A significant wreck for maritime history enthusiasts.

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  • A.W. Lawrence US 105948

    Explore the wreck of the A.W. Lawrence, a wooden tugboat lost in a boiler explosion in 1888, near Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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  • Amethyst US 1712

    Explore the history of the Amethyst, a wooden tugboat that served the Great Lakes before its tragic loss in 1888.

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  • F.V. Specht C 80579

    Explore the wreck of the F.V. Specht, a 19th-century scow-schooner that sank in the Detroit River in 1888, with a rich history in Great Lakes maritime trade.

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  • Duncan City US 6792 (John Rae, John Heisman)

    Explore the wreck of the Duncan City, a two-masted wooden schooner lost in a storm in 1888 near Summer Island, Michigan.

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  • Selt (1864)

    Explore the wreck of the Selt, a scow-schooner lost during a storm in 1888 on Lake Michigan.

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  • City of Montreal

    Explore the wreck of the City of Montreal, a 19th-century freighter lost in Lake Superior during a storm in 1888.

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  • Reed Case US 21929

    Explore the wreck of the Case Reed, a wooden schooner lost in a storm in 1888, now a poignant dive site in Lake Superior.

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  • Don M. Dickinson (1858)

    Explore the wreck of the Don M. Dickinson, a wooden schooner lost to fire in the Detroit River in 1888. No loss of life reported.

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  • E.M. Foster

    Explore the wreck of the E.M. Foster, a wooden-hulled steamer that capsized in a storm on Lake Huron in 1888.

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