In its day, the Western Reserve was an engineering marvel. At 318 feet long, it was one of the first ships on the Great Lakes made entirely of steel. It was built for speed—earning the nickname ...

Dubbed the “Inland Greyhound” for its speed, the trailblazing freighter was the first ship built for the Great Lakes that was comprised entirely of steel. At 300 feet long, this marvel of ...

The shipwreck, broken in two, was discovered by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society using sonar technology. A historic all-steel ship that broke records as it cruised the Great Lakes but ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes. The Western Reserve was one of the ...

Though some individual researchers place the number much higher, the official estimate is that slightly more than 6,000 ships lie on the bottom of the Great Lakes. Roughly half of them fell ...

See the new exhibit on the Great Lakes and explore the historic Mather’s cargo holds, pilot house, guest quarters, and engine ...

After 132 years, the final resting place of the 300-foot steel steamer Western Reserve has been discovered roughly 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior. The Great Lakes Shipwreck ...