longes t-lasting vessel from the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812, as she looked when she carried a 32-pounder long gun. From the deck up, Po rcupine will look and sail just like her namesake did from 181 3 to 1873. When completed, Porcupine will operate as a school ship, with education programming focusing on math and engineering. As of press time, the Kickstarter campaign had reached its $5,000 target, and was working towards a "stretch goal" of$10,000 in pledges, wh ich wo uld enable them to complete the ship's bowsprit as well as the deck. (BMC, 40 Holland Street, Erie, PA 16507; Ph. 814 456-4 077; www. bayfromcemer.org) .. . The National Register of H istoric Places has recognized the steam screw ferry Milwaukee for both its role as a pion eer in th e Great Lakes railcar ferry system and for b ein g an example of the d esign and operat ion of a steam screw vessel. Launched in 1902 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Manistique Marquette Northern I and renamed in 1908, Milwaukee sank in a storm on 22 October 1929, with no survivors. The wreck, located three miles east of Fox Point, Wisconsin, was discovered in 1972 by fishermen, whose nets snagged on the remains.
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