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Coordinates: 46°49.912′N 90°25.784′W / 46.831867°N 90.429733°W / 46.831867; -90.429733
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46°49.912′N 90°25.784′W / 46.831867°N 90.429733°W / 46.831867; -90.429733

History
United States
Name
  • Republic (1881-1890)
  • Marquette (1890-1903)
OwnerJoseph C. Gilchrist
BuilderGlobe Iron Works Company, Cleveland, Ohio
Laid downOctober 15, 1903
Launched1881
IdentificationOfficial number: 110465[1]
FateSank, October 15, 1903
StatusAdded to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991
General characteristics [1]
TypeBulk freighter
Tonnage
Length235 ft (72 m)
Beam36 ft (11 m)
Depth18 ft (5.5 m)
PropulsionSteam engine, 1 shaft
Marquette Shipwreck
Nearest cityLa Pointe, Wisconsin
MPSGreat Lakes Shipwreck Sites of Wisconsin MPS
NRHP reference No.08000027[2]
Added to NRHPFebruary 13, 2008

Marquette is a shipwreck off the shore of Michigan Island in the Apostle Islands area of Lake Superior, just northeast of Bayfield, Wisconsin, United States.[3]

Ship history

The wooden-hulled lake freighter[1] was built by the Globe Iron Works Company of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1881, and named Republic.[4] She was renamed Marquette in 1890.[1]

On October 15, 1903, while about 5 miles east of Michigan Island[2] and carrying a cargo of iron ore, she sprang a leak and began to sink. The crew escaped in lifeboats.[1]

The ship now lies 200 feet (61 m) underwater, with the bow largely intact but the stern badly broken up. 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 ship was listed on the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places on July 20, 2007 and on the National Register of Historic Places on February 13, 2008. These listings protect the wreck from potential claimants and divers who would pilfer artifacts.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Swayze, Dave (2011). "Great Lakes Shipwreck File (M)". boatnerd. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  2. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings: February 22, 2008". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-08-22.
  3. ^ a b "Shipwreck Marquette Listed on the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places". Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  4. ^ Colton, Tim (2012). "Globe Iron Works, AmShip Cleveland". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
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