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March 21, 2007. The Rouse Simmons was a three-masted schooner famous for having sunk in a violent storm on Lake Michigan in 1912. The ship was bound for Chicago with a cargo of Christmas trees when it foundered off Two Rivers, Wisconsin, killing all on board. The legacy of the schooner lives on in the area, with frequent ghost sightings and ...
The Merchandise Mart (or the Merch Mart, or the Mart) is a commercial building in downtown Chicago, Illinois. When it opened in 1930, it was the world's largest building, with 4 million square feet (372,000 m 2) of floor space. [1][2] The Art Deco structure is at the junction of the Chicago River 's branches. The building is a leading retailing ...
Lake freighter. 22 May 1913. Foundered on Lake Huron, in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. The James C. Carruthers was a 550-foot-long (170 m) Canadian freighter that foundered in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. 44°48′04″N 82°23′49″W / 44.801°N 82.397°W / 44.801; -82.397 (SS James Carruthers) SS Henry B. Smith. 1906.
Home is the second-oldest shipwreck in Wisconsin's waters, preceded only by the 1833 schooner Gallinipper, which sank in 1851. [9][10][5] The wreck is upright and mostly intact, although the stern cabin is missing and the starboard bow has damage from the collision with William Fiske. [2] Home ′s foremast also is missing from the wreck: It ...
M&M's are the flagship product of the Mars Wrigley Confectionery division of Mars, Incorporated. The candy originated in the United States in 1941, [2] and M&M's have been sold in over 100 countries since 2003. [1] They are produced in different colors, some of which have changed over the years.
Gallinipper′s wreck was discovered in 1994 in 210 feet (64 m) of water by a commercial fisherman whose fishing nets snagged on it. [5] The wreck remained unidentified until a 2009 archaeological survey of it by the Wisconsin Historical Society. [3] On December 28, 2010, the shipwreck site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places ...
The Admiral Halstead, the Coast Farmer, and the MS Sea Witch, chartered by WSA; and the Anhui, the Yochow and the Hanyang, believed to be chartered by the British Ministry of War Transport (BMWT) for the U.S. Army, though no official information concerning their status had been received.
Saint Michele, fishing boat, wrecked at South Neptune Island on 30 March 1965. [52] Gloridia V, cray-fishing boat, wrecked at North Neptune Island on 12 March 1977. [53] Cinderella, fishing boat, wrecked at Low Rocks on 24 May 1982. [54] Gypsy Rose, fishing boat, wrecked on South Neptune Island on 14 January 1988. [55]