Rock Island Bridge was a steam cargo ship built in 1919 by Submarine Boat Company of Newark for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) as part of the...
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1900-1940), Sugar Island was the site of a resort park and large dance pavilion. Access to the island was by steam ferry, including the SS Tashmoo. Tashmoo...
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SS Atlantic was a transatlantic ocean liner of the White Star Line, and second ship of the Oceanic-class. The ship operated between Liverpool, United Kingdom...
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than leaving them undisturbed.[dead link] The islands are the site of many shipwrecks. The liberty ship SS Henry Bergh, a converted troop carrier, hit West...
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Ferries in Michigan (section Beaver Island)
across the Straits of Mackinac to the car-free Mackinac Island but before the Mackinac Bridge was built, large numbers of ferries carried people and cars...
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USS Rock (SS/SSR/AGSS-274), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the rockfish, a striped bass found in the Chesapeake...
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facilities on the island. A "2-way" vehicle/rail bridge is the main access to the island. Secondary vehicle and rail bridges (the "Swing Bridge") at the southwestern...
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the summer of 1927, when she freed the CNR liner SS Prince Rupert from the clutches of Ripple Rock in Seymour Narrows, a treacherous, three-mile tidal...
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Balao-class submarine (redirect from USS Dugong (SS-353))
San Francisco USS Razorback (SS-394) at Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum in North Little Rock, Arkansas USS Clamagore (SS-343) served as a museum boat...
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January 1988 Uboat, Balladier wrecksite, SS Leonita wrecksite, Lakeside Bridge atlanticscuba Rock Island Bridge wrecksite, Takusei Maru Uboat.net Suwied...
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SS Thistlegorm was a British cargo steamship that was built in Sunderland, North East England in 1940 and sunk by German bomber aircraft in the Red Sea...
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SS United States is a retired ocean liner built during 1950 and 1951 for United States Lines. She is the largest ocean liner constructed entirely in the...
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signal was sent out immediately. SS Easterling which was approximately 60 miles away responded and rushed to Lakeside Bridge's aid. However, due to heavy rain...
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SS Andrea Doria (pronounced [anˈdrɛːa ˈdɔːrja]) was a luxury transatlantic ocean liner of the Italian Line (Società di navigazione Italia), put into service...
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Isle Royale (category Islands of Keweenaw County, Michigan)
commercially. The western tip of the island is home to several shipwrecks that are very popular with scuba divers, including the SS America. The NPS Submerged Resources...
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1 square miles (2.8 km2). East Island's most notable natural feature is Arch Rock, a 40-foot (12 m) high natural bridge. As recently as the end of the...
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Kosciuszko Park (Chicago) Kosciusko Island in Alaska Kosciuszko Bridge in New York City Thaddeus Kosciusko Bridge in Albany, New York Thaddeus Kosciuszko...
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wreck". The Times. No. 42414. London. 19 May 1920. col E, p. 6. "SS.ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE". Aquaphotography. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014...
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Pons Fabricius (redirect from Fabricius' Bridge)
Fabricius (Italian: Ponte Fabricio, "Fabrician Bridge") or Ponte dei Quattro Capi, is the oldest extant bridge in Rome, Italy. Built in 62 BC, it spans half...
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Hell Gate (category Randalls and Wards Islands)
New York Connecting Railroad Bridge, now called the Hell Gate Bridge, which connects Wards Island and Queens. The bridge provides a direct rail link between...
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Potawatomi State Park, Whitefish Dunes State Park, Rock Island State Park, and Grand Traverse Island State Park. There are four State Wildlife and Fishery...
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SS Great Eastern was an iron-hulled steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by John Scott Russell & Co. at Millwall Iron Works on the...
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SS El Faro was a United States-flagged, combination roll-on/roll-off and lift-on/lift-off cargo ship crewed by U.S. merchant mariners. Built in 1975 by...
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USS Razorback (redirect from USS RAZORBACK (SS-394))
Race Rock. "Fisher's Island, Race Point, Race Point Ledge, Race Rock lighthouse". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 12 November 2022. "USS Razorback (SS-394)"...
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Birnbeck Pier (redirect from Birnbeck Island)
about the end to the suspension bridge scheme. In 1864, a new proposal was made to build a pier across to the island, funded by 2,000 shares which raised...
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1890 to fill the gap between Great Mill Rock and Little Mill Rock, merging the two into a single island, Mill Rock. On 3 November 1893, in Santander, Spain...
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USNS Paoli (redirect from SS Marine Floridian)
Carriers Inc., and rebuilt into a liquid sulfur carrier at Baltimore and renamed SS Marine Floridian. She was a 5,700 ton, 523-foot-long (159 m) ocean-going tanker...
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Darwin's Arch (category Galápagos Islands)
Darwin's Arch (Spanish: Arco de Darwin) was a natural rock arch feature to the south-east of Darwin Island in the Galápagos Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean...
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Kenwood Bridge was a steam cargo ship built in 1919 by Submarine Boat Company of Newark for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) as part of the wartime...
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SS Catala was a Canadian coastal passenger and cargo steamship built in Scotland in 1925, for service with the Union Steamship Company of British Columbia...
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