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Original boundaries followed that of Alpena County to 83 degrees west longitude totaling 448 square miles (338 sq nmi; 1,160 km 2). In 2014 it was expanded to 4,300 square miles (11,137 km 2). [3] The marine sanctuary contains many shipwrecks, such as the hull of package freighter SS Pewabic.
City of Alpena: Wooden tug 1874 1880 9 feet (2.7 m) On August 9, 1880 the City of Alpena caught fire and sank near Black River, Michigan. [20] [21: Not listed Congress: Wooden steamer 1861 1868 17 feet (5.2 m)
[11] [12] The museum is at the forefront of telling the story of Alpena, including fishing, logging, mining, concrete, concrete block machinery development design, technology and manufacturing, and is in the midst of “Shipwreck alley.” [13] In its fossil garden, there is an exterior mural depicting the Devonian Period by artist Judy Dawley ...
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Shallow-water shipwreck located in the harbor of Harbor Beach, Michigan. Dorcas Pendell was a schooner built in 1884 and burned in place on 6 July 1914 after running aground. D.R. Hanna United States: 16 May 1919 A 552-foot-long (168 m) steel freighter that sank in a collision with Quincy A. Shaw
The gravesite long eluded shipwreck hunters. Now, the mystery has been solved, said officials with Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Alpena, Michigan. A team of historians, underwater ...
The SS Alpena (formerly the SS Leon Fraser) is a lake freighter. She was built in 1942 by the Great Lakes Engineering Works in Ecorse, Michigan , to carry iron ore . She was originally owned by the Pittsburgh Steamship Company , a subsidiary of United States Steel .
Alpena: The Katherine V is a former fishing tugboat that is now on display at the Besser Museum of Northeast Michigan right next to Alpena Community College in Alpena. It is believed to be the last intact wooden fishing tug left. 6: Grecian Shipwreck Site: Grecian Shipwreck Site: February 8, 2018 : L. Huron