SS Marquette (1881)
The Marquette underway | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Marquette |
| Operator | Gilchrist Transportation Company |
| Port of registry | U.S. Registry #110465 |
| Builder | George Presley & Company |
| Launched | April 21, 1881 |
| In service | May 16, 1881 |
| Fate | Sank October 15, 1903 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Lake freighter |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 35.58 ft (10.84 m) |
| Depth | 18.42 ft (5.61 m) |
| Installed power | 600 hp (450 kW) fore and aft compound steam engine |
MARQUETTE (shipwreck) | |
| Location | Five miles east of Michigan Island |
| Nearest city | La Pointe, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 46°49′55″N 90°25′47″W / 46.831867°N 90.429733°W |
| Built | 1881 |
| Architect | George Presley |
| MPS | Great Lakes Shipwreck Sites of Wisconsin MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 08000027 |
| Added to NRHP | February 13, 2008 |
The SS Marquette was a wooden-hulled, American Great Lakes freighter built in 1881, that sank on Lake Superior, five miles east of Michigan Island, Ashland County, Wisconsin, Apostle Islands, United States on October 15, 1903. On the day of February 13, 2008 the remains of the Marquette were listed on the National Register of Historic Places.