PS Lady Elgin
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PS Lady Elgin was a wooden-hulled sidewheel steamship that sank in Lake Michigan off the fledgling town of Port Clinton, Illinois, whose geography is now divided between Highland Park and Highwood, Il
Lady Elgin at dock, September 7, 1860
1857 bird's-eye view of Chicago, with Lady Elgin at bottom right
Wood-engraving of the collision from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
The Lady Elgin, sinking, half an hour after she had been run into, off Winnetka, Illinois - New York Illustrated News
Schooner
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A schooner is a type of sailing vessel defined by its fore-and-aft rig on all of two or more masts and the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. The most common variants are gaff-rigged
PS Lady Elgin
…town of Port Clinton, Illinois, whose geography is now divided between Highland Park and 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 Lady Elgin resulted in the loss…
Lewis R. French, a gaff-rigged schooner
Oosterschelde, a topsail schooner
Orianda, a staysail schooner, with Bermuda mainsail
Four-masted schooner, Margaret Todd