Split Rock Lighthouse
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Split Rock Lighthouse is a lighthouse located southwest of Silver Bay, Minnesota, US on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The structure was designed by lighthouse engineer Ralph Russell Tinkham and wa
Split Rock Lighthouse in June 2012
Visitors at Split Rock Lighthouse. Fog Horn House in the foreground.
Architect's design
The lighthouse in June 1949
Madeira (ship)
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Madeira was a schooner barge that sank off the coast of Minnesota in Lake Superior on November 28, 1905. A schooner barge is a type of ship that functions like a barge, in that it is towed by a steams
Split Rock Lighthouse
…great loss of ships during the famous Mataafa Storm of 1905, during which 29 ships were lost or damaged on Lake Superior. One of these shipwrecks, the Madeira, is located just north of the lighthouse. The lighthouse stands on a 133-foot (41 m) sheer cliff eroded by wave action from a diabase sill containing…
Madeira, off the starboard bow, c. 1900–1905
A closeup of the port bow fairlead on the wreck of Madeira