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IRON CHIEF - (N.44.05.632 W.082.42.588) 135 Feet Deep. The Iron Cheif was a wooden 4 masted schooner-barge that was built in Detroit, MI in 1881. The Iron Cheif was 212.33 feet long. On October 3rd, 1904, bound for Fort William, Ont with a load of coal, the stern pipe broke in heavy seas. The ship filled with lake water and sank. The crew of the Iron Chief were rescued by the steamer Andrew Carnegie and were safely delivered to Alpena, MI. (Drawing by Robert McGreevy of the Iron Chief on the bottom of Lake Huron)
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