Mayflower (scow-schooner)
Wooden hulled scow schooner that sank in Lake Superior / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mayflower was a wooden hulled scow-schooner that sank on June 2, 1891, in Lake Superior near Duluth, Minnesota, United States, after capsizing with a load of sandstone blocks. In 2012 the shipwreck site was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
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A photograph of the Milton, which was similar in design to the Mayflower | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | May Flower |
Port of registry | U.S. Registry #92025 |
Builder | Harry Johnson |
Launched | 1887 |
In service | 1887 |
Fate | Sunk June 2, 1891 |
General characteristics | |
Type | scow-schooner |
Tonnage | |
Length | 147.3 ft (44.9 m) |
Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Depth | 7.3 ft (2.2 m) |
May Flower (shipwreck) | |
Location | 2.25 miles (3.62 km) south of the Lester River in Lake Superior[1] |
Coordinates | 46°48′12″N 92°0′40″W |
Area | Less than one acre |
Built | 1887 |
Architect | Harry Johnson |
Architectural style | Scow schooner |
MPS | Minnesota's Lake Superior Shipwrecks MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 12000560[2] |
Added to NRHP | August 28, 2012 |
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