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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 national marine sanctuary [2] administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency of the United States Department of Commerce; NOAA co-manages the sanctuary jointly with the State of Wisconsin.
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
The West Virginia State Police was first formed in 1919, at the direction of Governor John Jacob Cornwell, who deemed that a state-level law enforcement agency "was mandatory in order for him to uphold the laws of our state." Part of the compromise was the name of the organization: "West Virginia Department of Public Safety" was the official ...
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The Allegheny Frontier: West Virginia Beginnings, 1730–1830 (1970), Riccards, Michael P. "Lincoln and the Political Question: The Creation of the State of West Virginia" Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 27, 1997 online edition Archived June 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
The following is a list of the U.S. state of West Virginia's state agencies. ... West Virginia State Police; West Virginia Department of Veterans Assistance;