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The length of the Edmund Fitzgerald was 222 meters.

The construction started on August 7, 1957 and it was launched on June 7, 1958.

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The ship carried a cargo of 26,116 tons of taconite pellets.

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Ship Builder: Great Lakes Engineering Works

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The Edmund Fitzgerald rests 530 feet underwater.

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The nickname for the Edmund Fitzgerald was big Fitz

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It was 39 feet tall.

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It weighed 13,632 tons empty

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The ship was only 17 miles from a safe habor

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The boat's engines were originally coal-fired, but would be converted to burn oil during 1971-72.

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Lake was called Gitche Gumee

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The ship was actually headed to Detroit, not Cleveland like it says in the song.

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The Edmund Fitzgerald can carry

26,000 tons of iron

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The first voyage was on September 24, 1958

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The date the Edmund Fitzgerald was launched in June 8 1958

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The ship sank on November 10th, 1975

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The Edmund Fitzgerald was nicknamed "Big Fitz"

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26,000 tons of iron was being carried by the Edmunds .

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They were only 17 miles from the safe harbor

All 29 members were lost

729 feet long

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The bell of the ship was recovered. That was the captains last voyage. It's final resting place is 530 ft. Below water

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The hull 13,632 tons

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29 men died

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The memorial from the wreck was the bell

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It carried 26,000 tons of iron ore

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At 7:10pm one last communication was heard from the Fitzgerald, the captain said "we are holding our own"

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729 feet long

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29 men died on the Edmund Fitzgerald.

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222 meters long

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The Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior.

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The lake was called gitche gumee

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The ship was going 16mph.

One of the lifeboats was found and put into Valley Camp museum.

They were 17 miles away from the harbor.

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26,000 tons of iron ore. 29 men died. It sank in november!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The memorial piece for the Edmund Fitzgerald wreck was the bell

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At the request of family members surviving her crew, Fitzgerald's 200 lb. bronze bell was recovered by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society on July 4, 1995.

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29 men died

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26,000 tons of iron ore

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29 men died.

The Edmund Fitzgerald had 26,000 or more tons of iron ore.

The Edmund Fitzgerald was headin for Cleveland.

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26,000 ton of iron on the boat.

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A total of 29 men died on the Edmund Fitzgerald. When the ship sank, they were only 17 miles from a safe harbor.

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The length of the ship was 729 feet and the height

39 feet