[1] The Henry Chisholm (Official number 95610)[3] was built in 1880 at Thomas Quayle & Sons shipyards in Cleveland, Ohio, which was considered the best wooden shipbuilders on the Great Lakes.

[5] The ship was built for Alva Bradley of Cleveland,[3] and named for Henry Chisholm, father of the steel industry in that city.

[6] The Chisholm left Duluth, Minnesota on October 16, 1898 bound for Buffalo, New York, carrying 92,000 bushels of barley and towing the 220-foot schooner John Martin.

[3] The steam engine, drive shaft and prop are intact in the stern section,[7] sitting upright at the 120–150 foot depth.

[10] The steam engine is of the double expansion variety, 20 feet high, and is in nearly perfect condition,[9] easily viewable and accessible through the sheared-off stern.