Touted as a technological wonder, Western Reserve was made from the same steel as the Titanic. Unfortunately, it met a similar fate.

Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes. The Western Reserve was one of the first all-steel cargo ships to traverse the lakes.

After searching for two years, researchers discovered the shipwreck of the Western Reserve, an early all-steel ship that broke apart in a gale in 1892 with a sole survivor.

This image provided by Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society shows a deck rack on the bow of the Western Reserve cargo ship beneath Lake Superior, on July 30, 2024. (Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society via AP) AP MADISON,