SS Atlantic wreck (Lake Erie)
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The SS Atlantic wreck in Lake Erie is the remains of a 19th-century steamship that sank in the Great Lakes, now serving as a notable site for divers and maritime historians.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SS Atlantic wreck (Lake Erie) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13410377 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SS Atlantic wreck (Lake Erie) Context triple: [Great Lakes shipwrecks, hasPart, SS Atlantic wreck (Lake Erie)]
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A.
SS America wreck (Lake Superior)
The SS America wreck in Lake Superior is the remains of a 19th-century wooden steamship that sank near Isle Royale and is now a popular site for cold-water diving and maritime history exploration.
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B.
SS Marquette & Bessemer No. 2 wreck
The SS Marquette & Bessemer No. 2 wreck is the lost remains of an early 20th-century train ferry that mysteriously sank on Lake Erie in 1909, becoming one of the Great Lakes’ most enduring maritime mysteries.
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C.
SS Milwaukee wreck
The SS Milwaukee wreck is the remains of a historic railroad car ferry that sank in Lake Michigan during a 1929 storm, now a notable Great Lakes shipwreck and diving site.
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D.
SS Henry B. Smith wreck
The SS Henry B. Smith wreck is the submerged remains of a freighter that sank during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 and now lies as a notable historic shipwreck in Lake Superior.
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E.
SS Kamloops wreck
The SS Kamloops wreck is the submerged remains of a Canadian freighter that sank in Lake Superior in 1927 and is now a well-known deep-water dive site and historic Great Lakes shipwreck.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SS Atlantic wreck (Lake Erie) Target entity description: The SS Atlantic wreck in Lake Erie is the remains of a 19th-century steamship that sank in the Great Lakes, now serving as a notable site for divers and maritime historians.
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A.
SS America wreck (Lake Superior)
The SS America wreck in Lake Superior is the remains of a 19th-century wooden steamship that sank near Isle Royale and is now a popular site for cold-water diving and maritime history exploration.
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B.
SS Marquette & Bessemer No. 2 wreck
The SS Marquette & Bessemer No. 2 wreck is the lost remains of an early 20th-century train ferry that mysteriously sank on Lake Erie in 1909, becoming one of the Great Lakes’ most enduring maritime mysteries.
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C.
SS Milwaukee wreck
The SS Milwaukee wreck is the remains of a historic railroad car ferry that sank in Lake Michigan during a 1929 storm, now a notable Great Lakes shipwreck and diving site.
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D.
SS Henry B. Smith wreck
The SS Henry B. Smith wreck is the submerged remains of a freighter that sank during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 and now lies as a notable historic shipwreck in Lake Superior.
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E.
SS Kamloops wreck
The SS Kamloops wreck is the submerged remains of a Canadian freighter that sank in Lake Superior in 1927 and is now a well-known deep-water dive site and historic Great Lakes shipwreck.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
ⓘ
shipwreck ⓘ underwater cultural heritage site ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| environmentalContext | freshwater ⓘ |
| environmentalEffect | colonized by aquatic life ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Great Lakes shipwreck protection regulations
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Lakes shipwrecks
|
| hasAccess | boat access only ⓘ |
| hasCondition |
collapsed superstructure
ⓘ
partially intact hull ⓘ |
| hasEducationalUse |
case study in Great Lakes shipping history
ⓘ
training site for advanced wreck diving ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cargo remains
ⓘ
exposed machinery ⓘ scattered debris field ⓘ |
| hasHullMaterial | iron ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | protected historic resource ⓘ |
| hasNavigationHazardStatus | charted wreck ⓘ |
| hasResearchDiscipline |
maritime archaeology
ⓘ
nautical archaeology ⓘ underwater history ⓘ |
| hasRisk |
entanglement hazards for divers
ⓘ
overhead environment hazards ⓘ |
| hasTourismType | heritage tourism ⓘ |
| hasUse |
maritime archaeology site
ⓘ
recreational diving site ⓘ |
| hasVesselType | steamship ⓘ |
| heritageValue | regional maritime history ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Great Lakes shipwrecks ⓘ |
| isPopularWith |
maritime historians
ⓘ
scuba divers ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf |
maritime history publications
ⓘ
underwater archaeological surveys ⓘ |
| isVisitedBy |
recreational wreck divers
ⓘ
technical divers ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Lake Erie ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Great Lakes ⓘ |
| originalName | SS Atlantic ⓘ |
| preservationFactor | cold freshwater slows corrosion ⓘ |
| prohibits | artifact removal without permit ⓘ |
| sankInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: SS Atlantic wreck (Lake Erie) Description of subject: The SS Atlantic wreck in Lake Erie is the remains of a 19th-century steamship that sank in the Great Lakes, now serving as a notable site for divers and maritime historians.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.