Edmund Fitzgerald

Edmunds great grandparents William and Julianna had immigrated from Ireland in 1837 and settled on a. The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank during a storm in Lake Superior on November 10 1975.

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Gordon Lightfoots 1976 single The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald sounds like an ancient mariners lament -- chalk that up to Lightfoots somber vocals.

. When the Edmund Fitzgerald sank to the bottom of Lake Superior amid a fierce storm on Nov. The Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Photograph of the Edmund Fitzgerald taken in May 1975 St.

Edmund Fitzgerald was born in 1895 in Milwaukee Wisconsin. The Edmund Fitzgerald was one of the largest ships on the Great Lakes at the time measuring 729 feet long 39 feet tall and 75 feet wide. Lightfoot wrote Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald to commemorate the 29 lives lost in the sinking of the ore carrier SS Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior on November 10 1975.

The vessel was carrying a load of iron ore pellets to a Detroit steel mill when it. 10 1975 during a storm on Lake Superior. But did you know there.

A storm came up in the afternoon. The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald and the loss of her 29-member crew during a violent fall storm on November 10 1975 just northwest of Whitefish. Almost 36 years after the Edmund Fitzgerald sank to the bottom of Lake Superior taking its 29 crew members with her mystery still surrounds just what happened on Sunday.

10 1975 the most gut-wrenching loss was its entire crew - all 29 men aboard. She was located in deep water on November 14 1975 by a US. The Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald On November 9 1975 the Edmund Fitzgerald pushed across the waters of Lake Superior with a cargo of iron ore. Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Nov. This 1976 underwater photo shows a close up of the pilot house of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald.

The Fitzgerald an ore carrier sank Nov. Quite literally the ship was barely able to pass. 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.

AP PhotoJim Mone AP. Edmund Bacon Fitzgerald 1926 August 28 2013 was an American business executive from Wisconsin and was a key figure in bringing major league baseball back to Milwaukee in the. When launched on June 7 1958 she was.

When launched on June 7 1958 she was the largest ship on North Americas Great Lakes and she remains the largest to have sunk there. He was credited with helping to establish the. All 29 people onboard were lost.

Image courtesy of Bob Campbell Grand Ledge MI. According to a Los Angeles Times obituary Edmund Fitzgerald who died in 1986 was a civic leader in his hometown of Milwaukee. The Edmund Fitzgerald one of Michigans most well-known freighters sank in the dark choppy waters near Whitefish Bay on Nov.

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