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johnfowles · 12-09-2008, 02:19 PM

As far as Edmund Fitzgerald, there was the ship that Gordon wrote about that was launched in 1958 and went down near White Fish Point in Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975. Then there was the executive she was named after, Mr. Edmund Fitzgerald. I cannot recall exactly who he was or why the ship was named after him, but somewhere in the back of my mind I want to say he was a big shot in the insurance industry.
There are many good FITZ resources on the internet. [/quote]
The prime one is probably
http://www.ssefo.com/
Another is
http://www.attheoak.com/edmund.html
which has a nice
picture presentation heading its page

(A clickable thumbnail to the not so very large full sized picture to avoid RM getting apoplexic!!
and contains the following useful information amongst other things
"Gitche Gumee translates roughly to 'Big-Sea-Water.'"
I say again Strewth Ruth!!
"The Fitz was named after Mr. Edmund Fitzgerald, Chairman of the Board of Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company of Milwaukee, who retired in 1960. It was built by Great Lakes Engineering in River Rouge, Michigan and launched in June 1958. The owner was Northwestern Mutual and it was operated by the Columbia Transportation division of Oglebay Norton Company
I did once find this picture of the honoUred gent but cannot now refind the source

12-09-2008, 02:19 PM	#11
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	Re: Ghost you cannot see -emotional disconnection As far as Edmund Fitzgerald, there was the ship that Gordon wrote about that was launched in 1958 and went down near White Fish Point in Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975. Then there was the executive she was named after, Mr. Edmund Fitzgerald. I cannot recall exactly who he was or why the ship was named after him, but somewhere in the back of my mind I want to say he was a big shot in the insurance industry. There are many good FITZ resources on the internet. [/quote] The prime one is probably http://www.ssefo.com/ Another is http://www.attheoak.com/edmund.html which has a nice picture presentation heading its page (A clickable thumbnail to the not so very large full sized picture to avoid RM getting apoplexic!! and contains the following useful information amongst other things "Gitche Gumee translates roughly to 'Big-Sea-Water.'" I say again Strewth Ruth!! "The Fitz was named after Mr. Edmund Fitzgerald, Chairman of the Board of Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company of Milwaukee, who retired in 1960. It was built by Great Lakes Engineering in River Rouge, Michigan and launched in June 1958. The owner was Northwestern Mutual and it was operated by the Columbia Transportation division of Oglebay Norton Company I did once find this picture of the honoUred gent but cannot now refind the source __________________ "Sir" John Fowles Bt Honorary Curator Bootleg Museum (where Sir does not signify that I am a fully benighted Knight just a Bt which signifies a humble Baronet -?? read the wiki!) I meant no one no harm Once inside we found a curious moonbeam Doing dances on the floor Last edited by johnfowles; 12-09-2008 at 02:32 PM.