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Was Gordon Lightfoot’s song about the Edmund Fitzgerald accurate?

The Edmund Fitzgerald, The 729-foot iron ore freighter, sank in stormy Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975, killing all 29 crew members on board.


The Edmund Fitzgerald sank 39 years ago today. Taking with it all 29

The Fitzgerald, an ore carrier, sank with its crew of 29 Nov. 10, 1975. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) JIM MONE, AP Exclusive: The propeller "shoe" or support at the inverted stern of the Fitzgerald..


Crew Tribute — S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald Online

Nineteen years after the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, an explorer from Mt. Morris conducted a dive at the Fitzgerald site in Lake Superior and filmed an unidentifiable partially decomposed body and personal items of the 29 crew members who perished in 1975, as well as scenes of the wreckage.


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The Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior on November 10, 1975 — 48 years ago. A 1995 dive to recover the ship's bell captured footage of the wreck 535 feet below Superior's surface. The freighter lives on in popular culture thanks to Gordon Lightfoot's folk song about the ship. NEW LOOK


Last Voyage of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Behance

Part 1: The Early Days The Edmund Fitzgerald launch at Great Lakes Engineering Works on June 7, 1958. Edmund Fitzgerald seen from the Ambassador Bridge. In this photo, the vessel is.


What Happened to the Edmund Fitzgerald?

DETROIT — The crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald, who perished when the freighter sank 45 years ago Tuesday, was memorialized in events in Detroit; Whitefish Point, Michigan; and Two Harbors,.


Split Rock ceremony to remember Edmund Fitzgerald, crew on 46th

The Edmund Fitzgerald was lost with her entire crew of 29 men on Lake Superior November 10, 1975, 17 miles north-northwest of Whitefish Point, Michigan. Whitefish Point is the site of the Whitefish Point Light Station and Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum.


RETRO KIMMER'S BLOG WHY DID THE EDMUND FITZGERALD GO DOWN?

November 10, 2021 4:00 AM. The Split Rock Lighthouse beacon, located along the Lake Superior shore near Beaver Bay, Minn., is lit at dusk on Nov. 10, 2010, to recognize the anniversary of the.


‘Empty lifejackets washing ashore’ The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

By Matt Heffner Last Updated November 7, 2023 8 Comments Table of Contents The Construction & Layout of the Edmund Fitzgerald The Fitzgerald's Naming & Christening History & Typical Routes of the SS Fitzgerald Collisions During Operation & the Final Voyage Remembering the SS Edmund Fitzgerald Crew


Photos The Edmund Fitzgerald remembered, 40 years after sinking The

The body is believed to be one of the 29 crew members who perished when the Fitzgerald sank in a violent storm on Nov. 10, 1975, said Fred Shannon, a businessman leading the three-day voyage to.


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Photos: Looking back at the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Perhaps no other Great Lakes shipwreck has as much notoriety as the ill-fated SS Edmund Fitzgerald, a 729-foot iron ore carrier that sunk to the bottom of Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975, during a fierce November gale. All 29 crew members died.


The Tragic Story of The Edmund Fitzgerald, Whose Crew Was Never Seen Again

The iron ore freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank to the bottom of Lake Superior during a hurricane-like storm on the night of Nov. 10, 1975. Photo courtesy of the Great Lakes Maritime Institute. The.


Edmund Fitzgerald Legend Lives On

Alvan Quinn, Associated Press The Edmund Fitzgerald maiden trip on the Detroit River. Courtesy Of The Great Lakes Historical Society. Watchman Ransom E. Cundy, one of the crew member who died.


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Mark Thomas and Bruce Hudson, lost crew As I sit and think of the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald this cool and windy November evening, I think of what it is really all about. Why has the sinking become such a fascination of so many people?


Guide to the SS Edmund Fitzgerald Ship & Crew

Welcome to S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald Online, a site dedicated to informing others about the ship and the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The 1975 tragedy took the lives of 29 men: sons, brothers, fathers, and husbands. The Fitzgerald tragedy was a loss affecting dozens of families and a countless number of friends and comrades of the shipping and.


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We're highlighting a collection of photos that have been shared by our friends at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, the Associated Press, the U.S. Coast Guard, and other ship enthusiasts.

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