pendennis wrote:
On November 10, 1975, SS Edmund Fitzgerald, an ore carrier sailing out of Superior, Wisconsin, headed for a steel mill near Detroit, encountered gale force winds, and was just out of sight of her traveling companion, SS Arthur M. Anderson, when she sent a final message, "We are holding our own". She then broke in two, and disappeared from radar. "Fitz" sank in 88 fathoms of water taking her entire crew of 29 men to the bottom of Lake Superior. At the time, "Fitz" was one of the largest ore carriers operating on the Great Lakes.
Later on folk singer Gordon Lightfoot, wrote and sang, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
The attached photo was taken at the shore of Lake Superior, and the pilings are lined, pointing northward.
On November 10, 1975, SS Edmund Fitzgerald, an ore... (
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She sank close to White Fish Bay and in Marquette Michigan museum they have a few salvaged items from the Fitz.