There is not much left of the Sidewheeler Superior to mark the gravesite of the shipwreck with the largest loss of life in a Lake Superior shipwreck. The Superior was built in 1845 using the engine from Sidewheeler Commodore Perry and locomotive boilers. In 1856 it was overcome by a storm just west of Whitefish Point and tried to make the shelter of Grand Island but lost her rudder off Spray Falls, Pictured Rocks. The ship was dashed against the rocks. Between 35 and 50 crew and passengers drowned or died of exposure. Today the remains of the wreck are occasionally visible and at times buried in shifting sands. At the time of the survey all that could be found were the remains of two of the three boilers that at one time were visible. The piece of the hull that is occasionally visible was buried. The model was created from 1,776 30-megapixel images shot by Andrew Goodman on one DPV dive. We have covered a lot of the sand bottom in the area so as pieces of the hull become unburied the changes can be seen.
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