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On October 22, 1929, the S.S. Milwaukee car ferry departed from its namesake city into a fierce Lake Michigan gale. It was supposed to deliver 25 railroad cars cross lake at Grand Haven, MI, but never reached its destination. The ship sank nearly 5 hours after its departure and none of the 47 crew members onboard survived.
Thanks to Brian Bosveld for providing the underwater footage of Milwaukee's wreck: / @brianbosveld1087
And to Kalju Kotkas who made the 3D model and animation of Milwaukee: / caljucotcas
Sources used in this video:
Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Bowling Green State University - www.bgsu.edu/l...
Great Lakes Maritime Collection, Alpena County Library - greatlakeships...
Great Lakes Marine Collection of the Wisconsin Marine Historical Society and Milwaukee Public Library - wmhs.org/
Library of Congress - www.loc.gov/pi...
History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff - lflbhistory.org/
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