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Coordinates: 47°0′24.6″N 90°54′31.2″W / 47.006833°N 90.908667°W / 47.006833; -90.908667
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47°0′24.6″N 90°54′31.2″W / 47.006833°N 90.908667°W / 47.006833; -90.908667

History
United States
Name
  • Emily P. Weed (1890 – 1897)
  • Sevona (1897 – 1905)
Owner
  • Hollister Transportation Company (1890 – 1896)
  • James McBrier (1896 – 1905)
  • Pennsylvania Steamship Company (1905 – 1905)
Port of registryCleveland, Ohio
Builder F.W. Wheeler & Company, West Bay City, Michigan
Yard number69
LaunchedJune 7, 1890
Maiden voyageAugust 7, 1890
Out of serviceSeptember 2, 1905
IdentificationUS official number 136129
FateSank on Lake Superior
General characteristics
Class and typeLake freighter
Tonnage
Length
  • 300 feet (91.4 m) (1890 – 1905)
  • 372 feet (113.4 m) (1905 – 1905)
Beam41 feet (12.5 m)
Depth24.6 feet (7.5 m)
Installed power
Propulsion1 × fixed pitch propeller
National Register of Historic Places data
Sevona (Bulk Carrier) Shipwreck Site
GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 5 is located in Wisconsin
GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 5
GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 5 is located in the United States
GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 5
LocationNorth of Sand Island
Coordinates47°0′24.6″N 90°54′31.2″W / 47.006833°N 90.908667°W / 47.006833; -90.908667
Built1890
ArchitectF.W. Wheeler & Company
Architectural styleLake freighter
MPSGreat Lakes Shipwreck Sites of Wisconsin MPS
NRHP reference No.93000229
Added to NRHPApril 9, 1993

History

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Background

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In 1843, the gunship USS Michigan, built in Erie, Pennsylvania, became the first iron-hulled vessel built on the Great Lakes.[1] 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.[1] Despite the success of Merchant, wooden vessels remained preferable to iron ones until the 1880s, due to their inexpensiveness, and the abundance of timber.[2][3][4] 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.[4][5] 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.[6][7]

Design and construction

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Service history

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Final voyage

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Wreck

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b Bugbee (1) (1962), p. 24.
  2. ^ Bugbee (1) (1962), p. 26.
  3. ^ Bowlus (2010), p. 85.
  4. ^ a b Thompson (1994), p. 32.
  5. ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 48.
  6. ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 49.
  7. ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 51.

Sources

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  • 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)
  • 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.