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Comments:	The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is located at the Whitefish Point Light Station 11 miles north of Paradise in Chippewa County. The museum exhibits artifacts from shipwrecks from the Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve and the bell from the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. <br> Admission to the museum includes a tour of historic buildings with displays that interpret the Great Lakes maritime, United States Coast Guard, and US Life-Saving Service history. <p> Both machines are located in the gift shop not the museum, a separate building. <p> <b>Machine 2: </b> 4 designs: Designs cost $1 each (Cash only) and is preloaded with pennies: <br> 1) Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, <br> 2) Whitefish Point Light Station Michigan 1849, <br> 3) Edmund Fitzgerald 1958-1975 Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, <br> 4) US CG 36381 Motor Lifeboat Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. <p> <b>Machine 1:</b> Costs 51 Cents, your penny: <br> 1) 'Whitefish Point Light station', / Rear- 'Built in 1840, Oldest Active Light,on Lake Superior', <p> The museum closes for the season in late October. <p> 7/20/2024 called and they said machine #2 was functional but when I arrived it had 2 out of order signs on it. They said it was functional for about 2 hours and pressed some test pennies to test it. They gave me the test pennies, 2 pre 82 and 2 copper plated zinc for free. The pre 82 ones pressed well but the zinc pennies pressed long. I think this machine is a lemon. <br> 8/30/2024 Called today and they said the 4 die machine is still broken.
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Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum

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18335 N. Whitefish Point Road
Paradise, MI , 49768

Phone: 888-492-3747

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The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is located at the Whitefish Point Light Station 11 miles north of Paradise in Chippewa County. The museum exhibits artifacts from shipwrecks from the Whitefish Point Underwater Preserve and the bell from the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
Admission to the museum includes a tour of historic buildings with displays that interpret the Great Lakes maritime, United States Coast Guard, and US Life-Saving Service history.

Both machines are located in the gift shop not the museum, a separate building.

Machine 2: 4 designs: Designs cost $1 each (Cash only) and is preloaded with pennies:
1) Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society,
2) Whitefish Point Light Station Michigan 1849,
3) Edmund Fitzgerald 1958-1975 Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum,
4) US CG 36381 Motor Lifeboat Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum.

Machine 1: Costs 51 Cents, your penny:
1) 'Whitefish Point Light station', / Rear- 'Built in 1840, Oldest Active Light,on Lake Superior',

The museum closes for the season in late October.

7/20/2024 called and they said machine #2 was functional but when I arrived it had 2 out of order signs on it. They said it was functional for about 2 hours and pressed some test pennies to test it. They gave me the test pennies, 2 pre 82 and 2 copper plated zinc for free. The pre 82 ones pressed well but the zinc pennies pressed long. I think this machine is a lemon.
8/30/2024 Called today and they said the 4 die machine is still broken.

Machine 2

Machine 1