SS Robert Wallace
The Robert Wallace underway | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Robert Wallace |
| Operator |
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| Port of registry | United States |
| Builder | William H. Radcliffe |
| Launched | April 13, 1882 |
| Completed | 1882 |
| In service | April 26, 1882 |
| Out of service | November 17, 1902 |
| Identification | U.S. Registry #110518 |
| Fate | Sprang a leak and sank on Lake Superior with no loss of life |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Bulk Freighter |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 220 feet (67 m) |
| Beam | 36 feet (11 m) |
| Height | 19.6 feet (6.0 m) |
| Installed power | 1 × Scotch marine boiler |
| Propulsion | 550 horsepower compound steam engine |
Robert Wallace (bulk carrier) shipwreck site | |
| Location | 7 miles (11 km) south of Knife River, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 46°50.819′N 91°43.729′W / 46.846983°N 91.728817°W |
| MPS | Minnesota's Lake Superior Shipwrecks MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 09000828 |
| Added to NRHP | October 14, 2009 |
SS Robert Wallace was a wooden-hulled American bulk freighter that served on the Great Lakes of North America from her construction in 1882 to her sinking in 1902 on Lake Superior near the town of Palmers, St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. On November 17, 1902 shortly after leaving Superior, Wisconsin with a cargo of iron ore, Robert Wallace sprang a leak and sank. Her wreck was found in 2006, and on October 14, 2009, the wreck of Robert Wallace was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.