Marquette
Marker: recorded wreck position (Date not recorded).
Key facts
| Name | Marquette | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Ship type | lake freighter | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | United States | Wikidata P8047 country of registry |
| Nearest coast | United States | Natural Earth (public domain) |
| Position | 46.8319, -90.4297 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
SS Marquette was a wooden-hulled, American Great Lakes freighter built in 1881, that sank on Lake Superior, five miles east of Michigan Island, Ashland County, Wisconsin, Apostle Islands, United States on October 15, 1903. On the day of February 13, 2008 the remains of the Marquette were listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Diving & visiting
The wreck was discovered in 2005, but divers did not reach it until the following year. Mapping and documenting the shipwreck was a joint venture between the Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society, the Wisconsin Historical Society - State Historic Preservation Office, and the Great Lakes Shipwreck Research Foundation.
The remains of the Marquette rest in 215 feet (66 m) of water about five miles (8.0 km) east of Michigan Island. As her superstructure broke away when she sank, the hull is progressively broken from bow (which is almost intact) to stern. Her wreck is at a heading of 135 degrees, facing away from Michigan Island. Although her hull is broken, it features an intact, and upright engine and propeller, and most of her hull is covered with iron ore. Her hull is also surrounded by a number of artefacts including: her boiler (which lies off to her port side), her smokestack, numerous pieces of china.
Location
- Recorded position: 46.8319, -90.4297 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Nearest coast: United States
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article SS Marquette (1881) (revision 1372506029), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “Discovery”, “Wrecksite”; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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