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Steel Bridge Songfest ("Steel Bridge" for short) is an annual, four-day music festival held in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. [1] Founded in 2005 by musician Pat MacDonald the event began as part of a grass-roots campaign to restore a historic bridge.
Sturgeon Bay is an arm of Green Bay extending southeastward approximately 10 miles into the Door Peninsula at the city of Sturgeon Bay, located approximately halfway up the Door Peninsula. [1] The bay is connected to Lake Michigan by the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal. The Potawatomi name for Sturgeon Bay is "Na-ma-we-qui-tong". [2]
The guided tours of Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding were a major fundraiser, but the new event will continue to focus on the city's maritime heritage. The Sturgeon Bay Rotary Club's Shipyard Tours ...
In 1993, the museum began a capital campaign to build a year-round facility in Sturgeon Bay, which was accomplished in 1997. [2] In 2015, the museum began another capital campaign to expand their Sturgeon Bay museum with the construction of a 10-story lighthouse tower, which will contain exhibit space and an observation deck. Construction of ...
Paralleled with the sturgeon spearing season's opening weekend, Sturgeon Spectacular kicks off Feb. 9 with winter activities, live entertainment and more throughout the weekend.
Sturgeon Bay is also responsible for monitoring vessel traffic, enforcing boating regulations for recreational and commercial vessels, and acting as lead security for high-profile events in the port. Sturgeon Bay is crewed by 18 personnel, consisting of 15 enlisted members and 3 officers.
Progress, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker barge built by Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, is the largest such ship even built in the U.S. to comply with the Jones Act.
A railroad, Sturgeon Bay Railway, was built from the shore of Lake Michigan east about 14 miles (23 km) to within 2 miles (3 km) of Levering. [2] The railroad was standard gauge and was known to operate at least two Shay locomotives : SN 1984, built by the Lima Locomotive Works in 1907, the same year the railroad was built, and SN 155, built by ...