LADY ELGIN Shipwreck
- Vicinity: Bottom of Lake Michigan, near Highwood
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1851/00/00 | Bidwell, Banta and Co | Naval Architect | LADY ELGIN is built by the Banta and Bidwell Shipbuilding Co, Buffalo, New York, at a cost of $95,000 | |||
1860/09/08 | LADY ELGIN is rammed in a gale by the schooner AUGUSTA OF OSWEGO and sinks with the loss of about 300 lives |
Particulars for LADY ELGIN Shipwreck: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Area of Significance | Commerce |
Area of Significance | Exploration-settlement |
Area of Significance | Historic and non-aboriginal |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Criteria | Information Potential |
Cultural Affiliation | Irish-American |
Level of Significance | National |
Boat Attribute | Paddlewheeler |
Boat attribute | Sidewheeler |
Sight Category | Site |
Owner | State |
Boat Attribute | Steamboat |
Area of Significance | Transportation |
Historic Use | Water-related |
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