Lee Plaza (Detroit)
The Lee Plaza (also known as the Lee Plaza Hotel or Lee Plaza Apartments) is a vacant 15-story high-rise apartment building located at 2240 West Grand Boulevard…
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American landmarks and their stories, from Vicksburg's siege and Mount Rushmore to Mammoth Cave, covered bridges and the people who shaped them.
SS Saale
SS Saale was an ocean liner for North German Lloyd in the late 19th century, which was severely damaged in the 1900 Hoboken Docks Fire. On 30 June 1900, Saale w…
T.H. Camp (shipwreck)
The T.H. Camp was a wooden tugboat, operated by the Booth Packing Company of Bayfield, Wisconsin. In November 16, 1900, it sank in Lake Superior, between Madeli…
SS Copenhagen (1898)
SS Copenhagen is a shipwreck off the town of Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, Florida, United States. The single screw steamer was built in Sunderland, England in 1898, s…
Sibley Quarry Explosion
On January 30, 1900 the Sibley Quarry just north of Trenton, Michigan was the site of an accidental explosion of over 2,000 pounds of dynamite. While the explos…
1900 Hoboken Docks Fire
The 1900 Hoboken Docks fire occurred on June 30, 1900, and killed at least 326 persons in and around the Hoboken, New Jersey piers of the Norddeutscher Lloyd (N…