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A new look inside the Edmund Fitzgerald

The iron ore freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank to the bottom of Lake Superior during a hurricane-like storm on the night of Nov. 10, 1975. Photo courtesy of the Great Lakes Maritime Institute.


Photos The Edmund Fitzgerald remembered, 40 years after sinking MPR News

SS Edmund Fitzgerald. The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior is seen in this photo of the 729-foot vessel, resting in two pieces 530 feet below the surface. It was taken from the submarine Celia during a 1994 dive. State Journal archives.


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This underwater photo of the sunken SS Edmund Fitzgerald was taken by an unmanned submersible robot, as a research team investigates the wreck site 17 miles northwest of Whitefish Point, Mich., on.


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Getty Images She typically traveled between Silver Bay, Minnesota, and the lower lakes in the Detroit and Toledo area, the museum said. Advertisement The Fitzgerald left Superior, Wisconsin around 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 9, 1975. A screenshot of footage from the 1995 dive to recover the Fitzgerald's bell.


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SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew of 29 men. When launched on June 7, 1958, she was the largest ship on North America's Great Lakes, and she remains the largest to have sunk there.


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Published: Nov. 10, 2022, 6:56 a.m. By Tanda Gmiter | [email protected] LAKE SUPERIOR - Forty-seven years ago today, the Edmund Fitzgerald was caught in the grip of a deadly storm on Lake.


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The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

A ship was not the only loss in 1975. Twenty-nine families mourned the loss of a loved one, and the memories of their loved ones will never be forgotten. The Edmund Fitzgerald sank 48 years ago on November 10, 1975. All hands were lost, and no one to this day knows definitively what caused the sinking of the Fitzgerald.


Photos The Edmund Fitzgerald remembered, 40 years after sinking MPR News

MPR News Photos: The Edmund Fitzgerald remembered, 40 years after sinking Nancy Yang November 10, 2015 4:00 AM Listen MPR's Phil Picardi speaks to Split Rock Lighthouse manager Lee Radzak about.


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The children of Nolan Church, a porter on the final voyage of the Edmund Fitzgerald, stand behind photos of their father in Two Harbors, Minnesota. Church was 55 at the time of his death, didn't.


Edmund Fitzgerald's sinking site can be seen from Sault Ste. Marie

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, photos of the Great Lakes' most famous ship Hear heartbreaking audio from the night the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior 8 facts behind the Edmund.


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Associated Press The SS Edmund Fitzgerald is launched in River Rouge on June 7, 1958. Ray Glonka, Free Press A life boat from the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald that sunk on November 10, 1975 sits.


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Part 1: The Early Days The Edmund Fitzgerald launch at Great Lakes Engineering Works on June 7, 1958. Photo used courtesy of the Detroit Historical Society. Edmund Fitzgerald seen from the.


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The illustrations provided a new look inside the Edmund Fitzgerald. The graphic also illustrates what has changed in Great Lakes shipping and what sort of response would be expected if the wreck had happened today. Timed with the 30th anniversary of the deadly storm, this graphic provided readers with a new look inside the Edmund Fitzgerald.


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St. Marys River, 1975. Photo by Bob Campbell The Edmund Fitzgerald The legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald remains the most mysterious and controversial of all shipwreck tales heard around the Great Lakes. Her story is surpassed in books, film and media only by that of the Titanic.


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July 28, 1994 12 AM PT From Associated Press ABOARD THE ANGLIAN LADY — Explorers in a mini-submarine spotted human remains on the floor of Lake Superior near the Edmund Fitzgerald.

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