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Coordinates: 43°45′47.04″N 86°27′46.56″W / 43.7630667°N 86.4629333°W / 43.7630667; -86.4629333
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43°45′47.04″N 86°27′46.56″W / 43.7630667°N 86.4629333°W / 43.7630667; -86.4629333

Anna C. Minch as photographed by Louis James Pesha
History
United States
NameAnna C. Minch
OwnerKinsman Transit Company
BuilderAmerican Shipbuilding Company, Cleveland, Ohio
Yard number415
LaunchedApril 18, 1903
In service1903
IdentificationUS official number 107846 (1903 – 1940)
Canada
OwnerWestern Navigation Company, Ltd. (1926 – 1940)
Out of serviceNovember 11, 1940
IdentificationCanadian official number 153113 (1926 – 1940)
FateSank on Lake Michigan
General characteristics
Class and typeLake freighter
Tonnage
Length
Beam50 feet (15.2 m)
Depth28 feet (8.5 m)
Installed power
Propulsion1 × fixed pitch propeller

History

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Background

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In 1843, the gunship USS Michigan, built in Erie, Pennsylvania, became the first iron-hulled vessel built on the Great Lakes.[1] In the mid-1840s, Canadian companies began importing iron vessels prefabricated by shipyards in the United Kingdom. However, it would not be until 1862 that the first iron-hulled merchant ship, Merchant, was built on the Great Lakes.[1] Despite the success of Merchant, wooden vessels remained preferable to iron ones until the 1880s, due to their inexpensiveness, and the abundance of timber.[2][3][4] In the early 1880s, shipyards around the Great Lakes began to construct iron ships on a relatively large scale,[4][5] and in 1884 the first steel freighters were built there.[6][7] By the 1890s, the majority of ships constructed on the lakes were made of steel.[8][9] The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw a rapid increase in the size of lake freighters; the first 400 feet (121.9 m) freighter was built in 1895, the first 500 feet (152.4 m) freighter was constructed five years later.[10]

Design and construction

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Service history

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Final voyage

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Wreck

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b Bugbee (1) (1962), p. 24.
  2. ^ Bugbee (1) (1962), p. 26.
  3. ^ Bowlus (2010), p. 85.
  4. ^ a b Thompson (1994), p. 32.
  5. ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 48.
  6. ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 50.
  7. ^ Thompson (1994), pp. 40–42.
  8. ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 49.
  9. ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 51.
  10. ^ Thompson (1994), pp. 59–84.

Sources

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  • Bowlus, W. Bruce (2010). Iron Ore Transport on the Great Lakes: The Development of a Delivery System to Feed American Industry. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-786433-26-1. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  • Bugbee (1), Gordon P. (1962). "Iron Merchant Ships: An Upper Lakes Centennial – Part One" (PDF). Detroit, Michigan: Great Lakes Maritime Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Bugbee (2), Gordon P. (1962). "Iron Merchant Ships: An Upper Lakes Centennial – Part Two" (PDF). Detroit, Michigan: Great Lakes Maritime Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 20, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Thompson, Mark L. (1994). Queen of the Lakes. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-2393-6. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.