SS George Spencer
George Spencer in Midland, Ontario | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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 & 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. On April 14, 1994, the wrecks of the Spencer and the Amboy were listed on the National Register of Historic Places.