Shipwreck · Lake Michigan
SS Eastland
A passenger ship built in 1903, lost on Lake Michigan in 1905. The record: “Company restructured in 1905 to the Michigan Transportation Company.”
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Passenger ship
- Known as
- Greyhound of the Lakes
- Builder
- Jenks Ship Building Company
- Launched
- May 6, 1903
- Length
- 265 ft (81 m)
- Beam
- 38 ft (12 m)
- Tonnage
- 1,961 gross
- Propulsion
- Two shafts
- Fate
- Company restructured in 1905 to the Michigan Transportation Company
- Lake
- Lake Michigan
- Coordinates
- 41.8872° N, 87.6317° W
The same year
Also lost in 1905
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- MinnedosaHuron · foundered
- SS EtruriaHuron · collision
- SS KaliyugaHuron · foundered
- R. J. HackettMichigan · foundered
- SS AppomattoxMichigan · stranded
- AmboySuperior · stranded
- MadeiraSuperior · foundered
- NoquebaySuperior · fire
- SevonaSuperior · foundered
The same decade
Michigan losses of the 1900s
- SS Atlanta1906
- SS Erie L. Hackley1903 · foundered
- SS Francis Hinton1909
- SS S. C. Baldwin1908 · foundered
- SS Walter L. Frost1903 · stranded
- Tennie and Laura1903 · foundered
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Michigan wrecks
- MV Material Service12 mi
- PS Lady Elgin20 mi · lost 1860
- SS L.R. Doty49 mi · lost 1898
- SS Lac La Belle50 mi
- Rosinco51 mi · lost 1928
- SS Merchant59 mi · lost 1875
Straight-line distance between published positions.
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Chicago Harbor Southeast Guidewall Light1.5 mi
- Chicago Harbor Light2.1 mi
- William E. Dever Crib Light3.4 mi
On shore
Worth the stop
- Chicago Lakefront Trail1.2 mi · drive
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Eastland, retrieved 2026-10-11. We print the fields as recorded and add nothing; a missing field means the record is silent. Tonnage and dimensions were often measured more than one way in their day, so they can differ between sources.
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