SPORT (tug) Shipwreck Site

  • Also Known As: U.S. Official No. 115152 also Michigan Site No. 2OUH105

  • Vicinity: Address Restricted
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Site


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Wyandotte Iron Ship Building Works Architect
1873/00/00 Kirby Bros Naval Architect Frank E and Fitz A Kirby design a towboat constructed of iron frames with steel plates. It will be one of the earliest steel hulled vessels on the Great Lakes. Invention of Structural Iron
1873/00/00 Eber Brock Ward Owner
1920/00/00

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Particulars for SPORT (tug) Shipwreck Site:
Cultural Affiliation American
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Engineering
Criteria Historic Event
Criteria Information Potential
Area of Significance Invention
Area of Significance Maritime
Level of Significance National
Sight Category Site
Owner State
Building Material Steel
Other Description Steel-hulled tug
Historic Use Water-related



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 92001503
Resource Type:
Owner: State
Architect: Kirby Bros.; Wyandotte Iron Ship Building Works
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Steel-hulled tug
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Engineering, Architecture, Maritime history, Invention
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering, Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: American
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Significant Year: 1873, 1920
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-Function: Water-related
Current Function: Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Underwater

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