Episode 88 - R.G. Coburn
Beyond the Breakers
English - January 24, 2023 02:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsHistory Society & Culture Documentary shipwrecks maritime history transportation shipping great lakes ocean accidents shipwreck disasters Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week we're talking about the loss of the steamer R.G. Coburn in October 1871. Other sub-topics include the Great Chicago Fire, the Peshtigo Fire, the Chicago iron & steel industry, and the dazzling array of fonts in 1800s newspaper advertisements.
Sources:
Bensman, David and Mark R. Wilson. "Iron and Steel." Encyclopedia of Chicago, 2005. http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/653.html
"Coburn, R.G." Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Bowling Green State University. https://greatlakes.bgsu.edu/item/434440
Donahue, James L. Steaming Through Smoke and Fire: True Stories of Shipwreck and Disaster on the Great Lakes. Thunder Bay Press, 1990.
Green, Russ. "Shipwreck Vignettes." Thunder Bay 2010: Cutting Edge Tech and the Hunt for Lake Huron's Lost Ships, NOAA Ocean Exploration, https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/10thunderbay/background/wrecks/wrecks.html