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Camera Maker Canon Camera Model Canon EOS-1D Mark II N
Aperture f/7.1 Color Space Uncalibrated
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Exposure Time 1/200 sec Flash No Flash
Focal Length 24 mm ISO 400
Metering Mode Pattern Date/Time 2007:09:19 09:09:10
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Exposure Mode 0 Keywords landmark historic marker The Eastland Disaster travel United States of America US Illinois Chicago Cook County historical historical marker tourist attraction travel destination tourism sign historical site roadsign information displayed historic attractions worst maritime disasters American history Eastland tragedy disaster seaworthiness United States America USA IL history famous highway popular place of interest tourist destination tour tourist attraction destination American day daytime vertical education outdoors outside road roadside nobody no people signs and symbols text letters display excursion steamer Eastland July 24 1915 picnic-bound Western electric company employees erected Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy The Eastland Disaster Historical Society The City of Chicago The Illinois State Historical Society 2000
Caption The Eastland Disaster - While still partially tied to it's dock at the river's edge, the excursion steamer Eastland rolled over on the morning of July 24, 1915. The result was one of the worst maritime disasters in American history. More than eight hundred people lost their lives within a few feet of the shore. The Eastland was filled to overflowing with picnic-bound Western electric company employees and their families when the tragedy occurred, investigations following the disaster raised questions about the ship's seaworthiness and inspection of great lakes steamers in general. Erected by the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, The Eastland Disaster Historical Society, The City of Chicago, and The Illinois State Historical Society, 2000