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The Wisconsin was built for the Goodrich Line at the Detroit Dry Dock Complex in 1881, [2] a steamer 204 feet (62 m) long with a beam of 35 feet (11 m) and a depth of 12 feet (3.7 m). [3] [4] Her design was progressive in several ways. She had an iron hull in an era when most ships were still built of wood.
The Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary is a United States National Marine Sanctuary on Lake Michigan off the coast of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.It protects 38 known historically significant shipwrecks ranging from the 19th-century wooden schooners to 20th-century steel-hulled steamers, as well as an estimated 60 undiscovered shipwrecks.
A ship missing since the late 1800s has been discovered in Lake Michigan, the Wisconsin Historical Society said Friday. Long-lost shipwreck from 1880s discovered in Lake Michigan, says historical ...
[4] [11] An 81-day public comment period and a series of four meetings in the Wisconsin towns of Algoma, Manitowoc, Sheboygan, and Port Washington during the week of March 13, 2017, followed which led NOAA to alter the sanctuary's boundaries, reducing its area to 926 square miles (2,400 km 2), including 36 known historic shipwrecks, and to ...
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1880 Ship State Description Alpha Norway: The barque was lost at sea between 30 January and 12 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Aarhus, Denmark. [1] Beatrice United Kingdom: The schooner sank in St George's Bay, Newfoundland Colony. Her crew ...
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During a voyage in ballast from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Escanaba, Michigan, the 84.1-foot (25.6 m), 84.84-gross register ton schooner encountered a squall and capsized and sank in Lake Michigan about 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) off Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Her crew of five rowed safely to shore in a small boat.
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1881 Ship State Description Arctic: unknown The brigantine was lost in the vicinity of "Squan", a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.