Posted to Beaver Island Historical Society (Facebook page) by Beaver Island Historical Society on 2019-09-30 00:45:53. Caption as posted: "The Loss of the SS Clifton and Her Beaver Island Crew Ninety-five years ago on the night of September 21-22, 1924, a fierce westerly gale swept over Lake Huron without warning, sinking the freighter SS Clifton with all hands on board. The whaleback steamer was bound for Detroit from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin carrying over two thousand tons of crushed stone. She was sighted near Mackinac City on the morning of Sunday the 21st; by some reports a tugboat had later spotted her at 1 pm that afternoon in northern Lake Huron. Three days later when the Clifton had failed to make her scheduled Detroit a"
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A large dark-colored whaleback freighter is shown broadside on calm water. The vessel has a rounded bow, long low hull, railings, masts, a raised wheelhouse, and a smokestack emitting a faint plume. A low shoreline is barely visible in the background.
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The catalogue caption identifies the vessel as the SS Clifton and relates the image to its loss in September 1924 with all hands aboard. The post was published by the Beaver Island Historical Society on September 30, 2019.
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“Posted to Beaver Island Historical Society (Facebook page) by Beaver Island Historical Society on 2019-09-30 00:45:53”. Individual posters, credited per image. Beaver Island Archive, https://beaverislandarchive.org/media/photograph/2019-09-30-1233228270218793/. copy retrieved 2019-09-30.
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