SS William Edenborn
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SS William Edenborn was a 497-foot long Great Lakes freighter that had a 62-year career on the Great Lakes. She was built by the West Bay City Shipbuilding Company of West Bay City, Michigan. She was
The steamer William Edenborn underway
The William Edenborn aground after the Mataafa storm
Queen of the Lakes
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Queen of the Lakes is an unofficial but widely recognized title bestowed upon vessels on the Great Lakes of the United States and Canada, honoring the longest vessel currently in service on the lakes.
SS William Edenborn
…for the American Steamship Company, in 1900. At the time of her launch she was the largest vessel on the lakes; this is why she was given the title "Queen of the Lakes". In 1901 she was sold to the Pittsburgh Steamship Company. On 28, November 1905, William Edenborn was towing the barge Madeira, when both vessels were…
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