 George Spencer in Midland, Ontario
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | George Spencer |
| Operator | Tonawanda Iron & Steel Company |
| Port of registry |  United States |
| Builder | Thomas Quayle & Sons |
| Completed | 1884 |
| In service | July 21, 1884 |
| Out of service | November 28, 1905 |
| Identification | U.S. Registry #85849 |
| Fate | Ran aground on Lake Superior in the Mataafa Storm of 1905 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Bulk Freighter |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 37 feet (11 m) |
| Height | 20 feet (6.1 m) |
| Installed power | 1 × Scotch marine boiler |
| Propulsion | 625 horsepower fore and aft compound engine |
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| Location | Cook County, Minnesota |
| Nearest city | Schroeder, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 47°28′40″N 90°59′54″W / 47.4779°N 90.9983°W |
| Built | 1884 |
| Architect | Thomas Quayle & Sons |
| Architectural style | Freighter |
| MPS | Minnesota's Lake Superior Shipwrecks MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 94000341 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 14, 1994 |
The George Spencer was a wooden lake freighter that sank on along with her schooner barge Amboy on Lake Superior, near Thomasville, Cook County, Minnesota in the Mataafa Storm of 1905.[2] On April 14, 1994, the wrecks of the Spencer and the Amboy were listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Spencer, George". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "George Spencer". Lake Superior Shipwrecks. Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 13 March 2018.