4 - The Titanic of the Great Lakes

Join your hosts, Andrew & Michelle, as they travel back in time and tackle the untimely sinking of the PS Lady Elgin after she collided on a stormy night in Lake Michigan with the Augusta of Oswego on September 8, 1860. Was it a scheme to take out southern supporters on their way back from hearing presidential election speeches? Or was it simply due to a misjudgment of distance on a stormy night? Tune in and find out on this week's episode of Under the Waves.

This Week's Sources:

Podcasts: Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs (Episode: "The Lost Lady - The Lady Elgin) and Beyond the Breakers (Episode: "11 - PS Lady Elgin")

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_United_States_presidential_election

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Republican_Party_(United_States)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamship#:~:text=Steamships%20usually%20use%20the%20prefix,to%20stand%20for%20%22steamship%22.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PS_Lady_Elgin

https://www.sheboygansun.com/history/history-uncovered-the-sinking-of-the-lady-elgin-ss/article_89a6b220-aa23-11ec-8fda-476fd233fbc9.html

https://www.wanderingeducators.com/best/stories/shipwrecks-great-lakes-lady-elgin#:~:text=She%20was%20built%20to%20honor,General%20of%20Canada%2C%20Lord%20Elgin.&text=The%20Lady%20had%20her%20detractors,confiscated%20by%20the%20U.S.%20Navy.

https://www.steamboats.org/history-education/glossary/hurricane_deck.html#:~:text=On%20the%20usual%20packet%20this,the%20boat's%20large%20signal%20bell.

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/south-carolina-secession.htm#:~:text=South%20Carolina%20became%20the%20first,Union%20on%20December%2020%2C%201860.

https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100439621#:~:text=In%20the%20old%20days%20when,crew%20to%20man%20the%20fall.