The United States Live Saving Service (LSS), from which many of the entries in this book were taken, was formed in the 1870s and in 1914 absorbed by the United States Coast Guard (USCG). The function of the LSS was to lend assistance to ships in distress. Frequently ships, disabled by storms, would head for the shoreline and ground their vessels in the hope of saving the crew, vessel and cargo. The LSS maintained lookouts for these vessels and would attempt a rescue. The book will be of particular interest to divers, fishermen and armchair adventurers.
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GREAT REFERENCE BOOK!,
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This review is from: The Great Lakes Guide to Sunken Ships (Paperback)
I liked this book as a reference to when any shipwreck happened and where it happened on the Great Lakes. I have never seen a listing as complete as this listing. There is a small ship photo section in the back, and some quality photos are shown within it. I like this book also because of its completeness. However, it is not a sit down by the fire and read type of book. It contains lists of shipwrecks and not chapters that contain actual stories. It is highly recommmended by me for research purposes. Enjoy the book...
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This review is from: The Great Lakes Guide to Sunken Ships (Paperback)
"Guide" is much too descriptive for the information in this book. I think the author just photocopied a list of wrecks and had them bound. There is a lot of wrecks in this book but VERY little information about them. If you're thinking about buying this book you can have mine.
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Forgotten treasure...,
This review is from: Directory of shipwrecks of the Great Lakes, (Hardcover)
This book was from 1962. Great shape and it was an atlas of shipwrecks on the Great lakes. No nonsense-it listed the facts. Nothing but the facts and nothing more. No stories, just facts. Great stuff and I loved it.
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Steamer 1,660 tons, mastered by White, 19 September 1903, 5 miles NW of the harbor entrance at Grand Marais, Michigan, cargo iron ore $10,000, vessel $65,000. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
north side harbor entrance, west side harbor entrance, cargo iron ore, east side harbor entrance, cargo shingles, cargo railroad iron, cargo limestone, cargo barley, cargo stone, vessel founderings, cargo lumber, iron ore cargo, cargo bark, cargo coal, cargo wood, unknown position, cargo corn, cargo general, north side entrance, cargo wheat, steam screw, cargo merchandise, cargo flour, cargo salt, cargo grain Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Georgian Bay, Long Point, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Grand Haven, Lake Huron, Presque Isle, Port Burwell, Port Stanley, Detroit River, Thunder Bay Island, Grand Marais, Two Rivers, Whitefish Point, Pelee Island, Ship Canal, Sturgeon Bay, Lake Superior, Port Colborne, Sand Beach, South Haven, Green Bay, Harbor Beach, Point Pelee, Chicago River New!
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Steamer 1,660 tons, mastered by White, 19 September 1903, 5 miles NW of the harbor entrance at Grand Marais, Michigan, cargo iron ore $10,000, vessel $65,000. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
north side harbor entrance, west side harbor entrance, cargo iron ore, east side harbor entrance, cargo shingles, cargo railroad iron, cargo limestone, cargo barley, cargo stone, vessel founderings, cargo lumber, iron ore cargo, cargo bark, cargo coal, cargo wood, unknown position, cargo corn, cargo general, north side entrance, cargo wheat, steam screw, cargo merchandise, cargo flour, cargo salt, cargo grain Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Georgian Bay, Long Point, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Grand Haven, Lake Huron, Presque Isle, Port Burwell, Port Stanley, Detroit River, Thunder Bay Island, Grand Marais, Two Rivers, Whitefish Point, Pelee Island, Ship Canal, Sturgeon Bay, Lake Superior, Port Colborne, Sand Beach, South Haven, Green Bay, Harbor Beach, Point Pelee, Chicago River New!
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- Lake Michigan And Other Poems by Jared Smith on page 115, page 145, and page 191
- Great Lakes by R. Allen on page 158, and page 174
- Great Lakes by Linda Thompson on page 129, and page 202
- The Great Lakes: A Literary Field Guide (Stories from Where We Live) by Sara St. Antoine on page 84
- George Washington (American Presidents Reference Series) by Thomas Langston on page 103
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