Editing PS Lady Elgin (section)

==Career==
[[File:1857 Bird's Eye View of Chicago.jpg|thumb|left|1857 Bird's eye view of Chicago, with the Lady Elgin at bottom right]]
''Lady Elgin'' was built in 1851 in Buffalo, New York, at a cost of $95,000.{{efn|{{inflation|US|95,000|1851|fmt=eq}}{{inflation/fn|US}}}} She was named after the wife of [[James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin|Lord Elgin]], Canada's Governor General from 1847 to 1854.<ref name="Sternwheelers & Sidewheelers">{{Cite book |last=Charlebois |first=Peter |title=Sternwheelers and Sidewheelers |publisher=NC Press Limited |year=1978 |isbn=0-919600-72-7 |location=Toronto |pages=10}}</ref> During her time, the wooden-hulled [[sidewheeler]] was one of the most elegantly appointed passenger ships plying the [[Great Lakes]]. Rated a first-class [[Steamboat|steamer]], she was a favorite with the traveling public. Early in her career she ran between [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] and Chicago, then later between Chicago and [[Collingwood, Ontario]]. For many of her later seasons, she plied the route between Chicago and other Lake Michigan ports and [[Lake Superior]].<ref name="History">{{Cite web |title=History of the Great Lakes |url=http://www.mfhn.com/glsdb/archivestemp/ldyelgn.html |access-date=February 22, 2009 |publisher=rootsweb.ancestry.com/~migenweb/ Publisher, Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co, 1899. Reproduced by Michigan Genealogy on the Web |archive-date=September 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908091620/http://www.mfhn.com/glsdb/archivestemp/ldyelgn.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

During ''Lady Elgin''{{'}}s career she was involved in numerous accidents. She sank and was repaired in 1854 after striking a rock at [[Manitowoc, Wisconsin]]. In 1855, she was towed to Chicago after an accident to her machinery. In 1857, she was damaged by fire. In June 1858, she struck a reef at [[Copper Harbor, Michigan]]. In August 1858, she was stranded on [[Au Sable Light|Au Sable Point Reef]] in Lake Superior. In October 1859, she was towed to [[Marquette, Michigan]] after breaking her [[crossbeam]]. In November 1859, she was towed again when her [[crank pin]] broke near [[Point Iroquois]], Michigan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=''Lady Elgin'' |url=http://www.greatlakesships.org/vesselview.aspx?id=74930 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726131318/http://www.greatlakesships.org/vesselview.aspx?id=74930 |archive-date=July 26, 2011 |access-date=February 22, 2009 |publisher=Alpena County Public Library}}</ref> Her final blow came in 1860 when she was rammed by the wooden [[schooner]] ''Augusta'' ten miles from shore. In 1899, Great Lakes historian J.B. Mansfield called ''Lady Elgin''{{`}}s sinking "one of the greatest marine horrors on record".<ref name="History" />