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On Nov. 10, 1975 the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the big lake Gitche Gumee

On this day, November 10, 1975, the EDMUND FITZGERALD was lost. Probably the most famous Great Lakes wreck, the FITZGERALD, when polling audiences on known shipwrecks, is always in the top two with the TITANIC.

Bobby Tanzilo Nov 10, 2022 Milwaukee History

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On Nov. 10, 1975 the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the big lake Gitche Gumee

The time Queen Elizabeth sailed past Milwaukee

April 5, 1890, Fred Pabst, lake's largest wooden steamer, was launched

SS Badger heads home to Ludington after new paint job

On Nov. 2, 1905, the wooden steamer Appomattox stranded off Atwater Beach

On Oct. 29, 1929, the steamer WISCONSIN wrecked off Kenosha

On Sept. 13, 1903 Capt. Denis Sullivan's Moonlight foundered

On Sept. 6, 1952, the SS Badger carferry was launched

In a virtual year, Wisconsin Marine Historical Society takes to the waves

On this day in 1894 a storm claimed the Lem Ellsworth

On this date in 1863, the schooner Rose Belle was launched

On this date in 1929: the S.S. Milwaukee was launched

13 vintage images of the Port of Milwaukee

Today in 1906 the St. Mary's Challenger, a familiar Bay View sight, was launched

Floating lighthouses, like one near Milwaukee, guided mariners for centuries

On Oct. 22, 1929, the Grand Trunk car ferry MILWAUKEE sank in a storm

Lake Express Ferry celebrates the anniversary of its maiden voyage today

On May 13, 1978 British ship Photinia ran aground off Milwaukee

A look at the Milwaukee Gas Light Company's old West Side works