Pewabic Mine
The term Pewabic could refer to: * SS ''Pewabic'', an American freighter in service from 1863 to 1865 *Pewabic Pottery Pewabic Pottery is a ceramic studio and school in Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1903, the studio is known for its iridescent glazes, some of which grace notable buildings such as the Shedd Aquarium and Basilica of the National Shrine of the Imma ...

SS Pewabic
The SS ''Pewabic'' was a package freighter that served ports on the Upper Great Lakes. She was launched in October 1863, fitted out in the spring of 1864, and was in active service until she sank off Thunder Bay Island in Lake Huron on August 9, 1865, due to collision with her sister vessel. There was significant loss of life, with a number variously estimated at 100 or 125 passengers and crew of the stricken vessel going down with the ship. If the higher number is accepted, the loss of life made this disaster, in terms of loss of life from the sinking of a single vessel, the seventh-worst tragedy in the history of the Great Lakes, and the worst ever on Lake Huron. The sunken hull of the package freighter is a feature of the present-day Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. History The ''Pewabic'' was built for the Lake Superior Transit Company by the Peck & Masters yard in Cleveland. She was long and had a beam of . Known as the ''Pioneer Line'', Lake Superior Transit speci ...
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