and timber surged. The development of steamships in the 1800s further revolutionized shipping, replacing sail-powered schooners and allowing for larger cargo loads and more reliable schedules.

As the ship entered Lake Superior's Whitefish Bay between Michigan and Canada on Aug. 30, a gale came up. With no cargo, the ship was floating high in the water. The storm battered it until it ...

Levien On Aug. 30, 1892, the Western Reserve, a state-of-the-art ship en route to Minnesota, found itself in the middle of a gale in Lake Superior. Capt. Peter G. Minch, a millionaire shipping ...

Owner Peter Minch was so proud of her that he brought his wife and young children aboard for a summer joyride in August 1892.As the ship entered Lake Superior's Whitefish Bay between Michigan and ...

But more than 130 years after its sinking, the Western Reserve all-steel cargo ship has been found under the surface of Lake Superior. The ship, all 300 feet built to break speed records, ...

As the ship entered Lake Superior’s Whitefish Bay between Michigan and Canada on Aug. 30, a gale came up. With no cargo, the ship was floating high in the water. The storm battered it until it ...

It was a late summer evening when conditions on Lake Superior turned from bad to treacherous. The year was 1892, and the ship — a 300-foot steamer christened the Western Reserve, hailed as one ...