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Madeira with the tug M.F. Merrick
History
United States
Name	Madeira
Operator	Minnesota Steamship Company (1900 – 1901) Pittsburgh Steamship Company (1901 – 1905)
Builder	Chicago Shipbuilding Company, Chicago, Illinois
Yard number	38
Launched	January 24, 1900
In service	1900
Out of service	November 28, 1905
Identification	US official number 93020
Fate	Sank on Lake Superior
General characteristics
Class and type	Barge
Tonnage	5,039 GRT 4,667 NRT
Length	450 feet (137.2 m) (overall) 436 feet (132.9 m) (keel)
Beam	50 feet (15.2 m)
Depth	24.2 feet (7.4 m)
National Register of Historic Places data Grecian Shipwreck Site U.S. National Register of Historic Places Location Near the base of Gold Rock Coordinates 47°12′22″N 91°21′29″W Built 1900 Architect Chicago Shipbuilding Company Architectural style Barge MPS Minnesota's Lake Superior Shipwrecks MPS NRHP reference No. 92000843 Added to NRHP July 23, 1992

History

Background

In 1843, the gunship USS Michigan, built in Erie, Pennsylvania, became the first iron-hulled vessel built on the Great Lakes. In the mid-1840s, Canadian companies began importing iron vessels prefabricated by shipyards in the United Kingdom. However, it would not be until 1862 that the first iron-hulled merchant ship, Merchant, was built on the Great Lakes. Despite the success of Merchant, wooden vessels remained preferable to iron ones until the 1880s, due to their inexpensiveness, and the abundance of timber. In the early 1880s, shipyards around the Great Lakes began to construct iron ships on a relatively large scale; in 1882, Onoko, an iron freighter, temporarily became the largest ship on the lakes. In 1884, the first steel freighters were built on the Great Lakes, and by the 1890s, the majority of ships constructed on the lakes were made of steel.

Service history

Madeira while she was owned by the Minnesota Steamship Company

Stern view of Madeira

Sources

• Bowlus, W. Bruce (2010). Iron Ore Transport on the Great Lakes: The Development of a Delivery System to Feed American Industry. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-786433-26-1. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
• Bugbee (1), Gordon P. (1962). "Iron Merchant Ships: An Upper Lakes Centennial – Part One" (PDF). Detroit, Michigan: Great Lakes Maritime Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Bugbee (2), Gordon P. (1962). "Iron Merchant Ships: An Upper Lakes Centennial – Part Two" (PDF). Detroit, Michigan: Great Lakes Maritime Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 20, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• "Madeira – Historic Description". Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
• "Madeira – Construction and Career". Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
• "Madeira - Description of the Wreck Event". Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
• "Madeira - Post-Depositional Impacts". Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
• "Madeira - Present Description". Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
• Thompson, Mark L. (1994). Queen of the Lakes. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-2393-6. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.