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Category: shipwreck

Steamships and disaster

October 9, 2026 catholicfictioncatholicscienceLeave a comment

In 1857 the Steam Ship Central America sank off the coast of the Carolinas. I'm writing a short story based on this and went to find some art. The Steamship Erie was a wooden paddlewheel and sailing vessel that traveled on the Great Lakes. It sank in 1837, one of the worst ship disasters on [...]

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