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Poll results:

I think the Edmund Fitzgerald sank because of:

375 total votes   Added

Faulty hatch covers 57 votes 15.20%
Hatch covers damaged by heavy seas 76 votes 20.27%
Bottoming on Six Fathom Shoal 90 votes 24.00%
Cargo shifted 55 votes 14.67%
I don't know 97 votes 25.87%


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