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The Moonlight was a schooner that sank in Lake Superior off the coast of Michigan Island. The wreckage site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[2]

History

Moonlight was built in 1874. In addition to service in the Great Lakes, Moonlight also sailed in the Atlantic Ocean.[3] In 1894 she was involved in an accident with SS Ohio which was sunk. She sank in September 1903 in a storm while hauling iron ore from Ashland, Wisconsin. In use as a tow barge, Moonlight was under tow by the steamer Volunteer. Both ships were loaded with iron ore in Ashland and were headed for their destination when a violent storm erupted and ruptured the seams of Moonlight's hull.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Apostle Islands Deep Shipwrecks". Retrieved July 22, 2013.
  2. ^ "Wisconsin - Ashland County - Vacant / Not In Use". National Register of Historic Places.com. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  3. ^ "Moonlight Shipwreck". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  4. ^ Keller, James M. The Unholy Apostles. pp. 77–83. ISBN 0-933577-001.

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