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SS Western Reserve

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The SS Western Reserve was a propeller lake freighter that was constructed in 1890 by the Cleveland Shipbuilding Company for Peter G. Minch, a ship's captain and operator who was pioneering the industrialization of bulk carrier freight service on the Great Lakes. [1]

31 relations: American Ship Building Company, Atlantic Ocean, Belfast, Bowling Green State University, Bulk carrier, Cleveland, Compound steam engine, Deer Park, Michigan, Dodd, Mead & Co., Drift ice, Dwight Boyer, Grand Marais, Michigan, Great Lakes, Harland and Wolff, Iceberg, Iron ore, Lake freighter, Lake Superior, Maiden voyage, Ocean liner, Phosphorus, Propeller, Scotch marine boiler, SS W.H. Gilcher, Steel, Structural integrity and failure, Sulfur, The New York Times, Two Harbors, Minnesota, White Star Line, Whitefish Point.

American Ship Building Company

The American Ship Building Company was the dominant shipbuilder on the Great Lakes before the Second World War.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Belfast

Belfast (is the capital city of Northern Ireland, located on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland.

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Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green State University (BGSU) is a large, primarily residential, public research university located in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States.

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Bulk carrier

A bulk carrier, bulk freighter, or colloquially, bulker is a merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo, such as grains, coal, ore, and cement in its cargo holds.

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Cleveland

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the county seat of Cuyahoga County.

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Compound steam engine

A compound steam engine unit is a type of steam engine where steam is expanded in two or more stages.

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Deer Park, Michigan

Deer Park is an unincorporated community in McMillan Township, Luce County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Dodd, Mead & Co.

Dodd, Mead and Company was one of the pioneer publishing houses of the United States, based in New York City.

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Drift ice

Drift ice is any sea ice other than fast ice, the latter being attached ("fastened") to the shoreline or other fixed objects (shoals, grounded icebergs, etc.).Leppäranta, M. 2011.

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Dwight Boyer

Dwight Boyer (November 18, 1912 in Elyria, Ohio – October 15, 1978 in Willoughby, Ohio) was a reporter and marine historian of the Great Lakes.

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Grand Marais, Michigan

Grand Marais is an unincorporated community in Burt Township, Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Great Lakes

The Great Lakes (les Grands-Lacs), also called the Laurentian Great Lakes and the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of interconnected freshwater lakes located primarily in the upper mid-east region of North America, on the Canada–United States border, which connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence River.

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Harland and Wolff

Harland & Wolff Heavy Industries is a heavy industrial company, specialising in ship repair, conversion, and offshore construction, located in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Iceberg

An iceberg or ice mountain is a large piece of freshwater ice that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open water.

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Iron ore

Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted.

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Lake freighter

Lake freighters, or lakers, are bulk carrier vessels that ply the Great Lakes of North America.

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Lake Superior

Lake Superior (Lac Supérieur; ᑭᑦᒉᐁ-ᑲᒣᐁ, Gitchi-Gami) is the largest of the Great Lakes of North America.

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Maiden voyage

The maiden voyage of a ship, aircraft or other craft is the first journey made by the craft after shakedown.

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Ocean liner

An ocean liner is a passenger ship primarily used as a form of transportation across seas or oceans.

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Phosphorus

Phosphorus is a chemical element with symbol P and atomic number 15.

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Propeller

A propeller is a type of fan that transmits power by converting rotational motion into thrust.

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Scotch marine boiler

A "Scotch" marine boiler (or simply Scotch boiler) is a design of steam boiler best known for its use on ships.

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SS W.H. Gilcher

The SS W.H. Gilcher was a lake freighter that was constructed in 1890 by the Cleveland Shipbuilding Company for Joseph C. Gilchrist, the managing partner of a firm that was pioneering the industrialization of bulk carrier freight service on the Great Lakes.

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Steel

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon and other elements.

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Structural integrity and failure

Structural integrity and failure is an aspect of engineering which deals with the ability of a structure to support a designed load (weight, force, etc...) without breaking, and includes the study of past structural failures in order to prevent failures in future designs.

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Sulfur

Sulfur or sulphur is a chemical element with symbol S and atomic number 16.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Two Harbors, Minnesota

Two Harbors is a city in and the county seat of Lake County, Minnesota, United States, along the shore of Lake Superior.

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White Star Line

The Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, more commonly known as the White Star Line, was a prominent British shipping company.

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Whitefish Point

Whitefish Point, on Whitefish Bay on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, is north of the unincorporated community of Paradise, Michigan.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Western_Reserve

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