| 翻訳と辞書 |
| PS Lady Elgin ： ウィキペディア英語版 |
PS Lady Elgin
The PS ''Lady Elgin'' was a wooden-hulled sidewheel steamship that sank in Lake Michigan off Highwood, Illinois after she was rammed in a gale by the schooner ''Augusta'' in the early hours of September 8, 1860. The passenger manifest was lost with the collision, but the sinking of the Lady Elgin resulted in the loss of about 300 lives〔Journal of Board of Supervising Inspectors, Vol 1, page 43, National Archives Record Group 41〕 in what was called "one of the greatest marine horrors on record." Four years after the disaster, a new rule required sailing vessels to carry running lights. The ''Lady Elgin'' disaster remains the greatest loss of life on open water in the history of the Great Lakes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://programs.discoveryworld.org/?tag=shipwreck )〕
In 1994, a process began to list the shipwreck on the National Register of Historic Places. After it was determined to be eligible for listing in 1999, the process ended after an objection by the owner, so the shipwreck is not listed on the Register.
==Career==
The ''Lady Elgin'' was built in 1851 in Buffalo, New York, at a cost of $95,000. She was named after the wife of Lord Elgin, Canada's Governor General from 1847 to 1854. During her time, the wooden-hulled sidewheeler was one of the most elegantly appointed passenger ships plying the Great Lakes. Rated a first-class steamer, she was a favorite with the traveling public. Early in her career she ran between Buffalo and Chicago, then later between Chicago and Collingwood, Ontario. For many of her later seasons, she plied the route between Chicago and other Lake Michigan ports and Lake Superior.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mfhn.com/glsdb/archivestemp/ldyelgn.html )〕
During the ''Lady Elgin's'' career she was involved in numerous accidents. She sank and was repaired in 1854 after striking a rock at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. In 1855, she was towed to Chicago after an accident to her machinery. In 1857, she was damaged by fire. In June 1858, she struck a reef at Copper Harbor, Michigan. In August 1858, she was stranded on Au Sable Point Reef in Lake Superior. In October 1859, she was towed to Marquette, Michigan after breaking her crossbeam. In November 1859, she was towed again when her crank pin broke near Point Iroquois, Michigan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.greatlakesships.org/vesselview.aspx?id=74930 )〕 Her final blow came in 1860 when she was rammed by the wooden schooner ''Augusta'' ten miles from shore. In 1899, Great Lakes historian J.B. Mansfield called the ''Lady Elgin's'' sinking "one of the greatest marine horrors on record".〔
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「PS Lady Elgin」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|