Shipwreck · Lake Superior · Foundered
SS Harriet B.
A barge built in 1895, lost on Lake Superior in 1922. The record: “Sunk 1922.” The wreck is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Barge
- Builder
- Craig Shipbuilding
- Launched
- October 25, 1895
- Length
- 300 ft (91 m)
- Beam
- 53 ft (16 m)
- Tonnage
- 1938.12 gross register tons; 1317.92 net register tons
- Fate
- Sunk 1922
- Wreck site
- Four miles off Two Harbors, Minnesota
- National Register
- Listed August 9, 2018 · ref. 10000277
- Lake
- Lake Superior
- Coordinates
- 46.9558° N, 91.6316° W
The same decade
Superior losses of the 1920s
- City of Bangor1926 · stranded
- Miztec1921 · foundered
- SS America1928 · foundered
- SS Glenlyon1924 · foundered
- SS Kamloops1927 · foundered
- SS Superior City1920 · foundered
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Superior wrecks
- SS Benjamin Noble2.3 mi · lost 1914
- Samuel P. Ely4.4 mi · lost 1896
- Niagara (1904)6.6 mi · lost 1904
- SS Robert Wallace8.8 mi · lost 1902
- Thomas Friant9.3 mi
- SS Onoko10 mi · lost 1915
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Two Harbors, Agate Bay boat launch4.4 mi
- Burlington Bay5.0 mi
- Flood Bay Wayside Rest5.7 mi
- Stewart River6.4 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
On shore
Worth the stop
- North Shore Scenic Drive — Highway 615.0 mi · drive
- Gooseberry Falls State Park15 mi · park
- Split Rock Lighthouse21 mi · lighthouse
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS Harriet B., 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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