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SS Eastland: The Ship That Rolled Over at the Dock

SS Eastland: The Ship That Rolled Over at the Dock

MacKenzie, Gordon J.

Paperback

Series: Shipwrecks That Shaped History, Book 22

Boating20th Century United States History

ISBN13: 9798198704381
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 26 2026
Pages: 266
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.66 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

On 24 July 1915, thousands of Western Electric employees and their families gathered along the Chicago River for a company picnic excursion. The steamship SS Eastland was waiting at the dock, ready to carry them across the water for a day of leisure.

She never left the river.

Before the voyage began, Eastland began to list. Within minutes, she rolled onto her side while still tied to the wharf. Passengers on deck scrambled for safety, while hundreds trapped inside the vessel were caught in a nightmare of tilted corridors, blocked exits, rising water, and steel walls that rescuers could not open quickly enough.

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