Diving the Great Lakes Shipwrecks

Diving the Great Lakes Shipwrecks www.maximumbottomtime.com Learn to dive The Great Lakes Shipwrecks NEWELL A. Wheeler, W. EDDY, which became disabled in a storm. Master: Capt. W. R. Burton(d).

EDDY
Other names : none
Official no. : 130467
Type at loss : schooner-barge, wood, 3-mast, built as a schooner
Build info : 1890, F.W. Bay City, hull #71
Specs : 242x40x16 1270g 1207n
Date of loss : 1893, Apr 20
Place of loss : near Spectacle Reef, Straits of Mackinac
Lake : Huron
Type of loss : storm
Loss of life : 7 [all]
Carryi

ng : grain
Detail : Bound Chiacgo from Buffalo, she was lost from tow of the steamer CHARLES A. Driven on a reef & sank, later pushed into deep water. Wreckage from her aft end washed up all over the Straits. $98,000 loss. Owned by Eddy Transportation Co., Bay City, Mich. Wreck, with masts still standing, was located in 1992. Sources : nsp,slh,sol,is,h,mv,lhdc,ssm,vbs,phr,wb,hgl,mpl,es

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