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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.
[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 ...
This block within a bend of the Sheboygan River was once the first permanent settlement in Sheboygan County, clustered around a mill. [19] It consists of the 1837 Mill House, [ 20 ] the 1842 Charles Cole home, the 1846 Cole Brothers house, [ 21 ] the 1846 Thorp Hotel, [ 22 ] and the 1848 Cole Store [ 23 ] - all in Greek Revival style.
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 ...
[102] [103] In 2005, the shipwreck site was added to the National Register of Historic Places, [104] and in 2021 it was included in the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary. [103] Southern Queen New Zealand: The schooner was driven onto a reef and wrecked at Amuri Bluff. Two lives were lost. [58] Surprise United Kingdom
The schooner disappeared en route to Cleveland with a load of limestone. Both occupants fell overboard and drowned; their bodies washed ashore just west of Cleveland. The ship was discovered in 2016 and identified in 2019. She is the oldest-confirmed shipwreck in Lake Erie. Little Wissahickon: 10 July 1896 Sank off Rondeau Point
Closest shipwreck to the mouth of the Buffalo River: Narragansett: 11 June 1880 A passenger paddle steamer of the Stonington Line that burned and sank on 11 June 1880, after a collision with her sister ship Stonington in heavy fog at 23:30 in Long Island Sound. Approximately 50 passengers, but only one crewman, died. Nisbet Grammer United Kingdom