Address Restricted, Beaver Bay, Minnesota. County/parish: Lake.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 23, 1992. NRIS 92000843.
Part of Minnesota's Lake Superior Shipwrecks MPS (NRIS 64500286).
1 contributing site.Also known as:
Madeira was a schooner barge that sank off the coast of Minnesota in Lake Superior on November 28, 1905. A schooner barge is a type of ship that functions like a barge, in that it is towed by a steamship, but also has sails like a schooner. This type of ship evolved from wooden sailing ships that were cut down into barges and towed behind wooden steamships, a practice which originated in the late 1880s in coastal areas. This design was commonly used in the Great Lakes for transporting grain, iron ore, and other products.
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