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Anchor from the SS M.M. Drake
Newberry, Michigan
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The SS M.M. Drake, constructed in 1882, was a wooden steam barge on the Great Lakes that towed consorts loaded with coal and iron ore. It sank off Vermilion Point on October 6, 1901.
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