User:GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 26

42°31′57.66″N 87°42′31.44″W / 42.5326833°N 87.7087333°W / 42.5326833; -87.7087333

History
United States
Name
  • Wisconsin (1881 – 1899)
  • Naomi (1899 – 1910)
  • E.G. Crosby (1910 – 1918)
  • General Robert M. O'Reilly (1918 – 1919)
  • E.G. Crosby (1919 – 1920)
  • Pilgrim (1920 – 1924)
  • Wisconsin (1924 – 1929)
NamesakeState of Wisconsin
Operator
  • Goodrich Transit Company (1881 – 1883)
  • Grand Haven & Milwaukee Transportation Company (1883 – 1896)
  • Crosby Transportation Company (1896 – 1918)
  • United States Shipping Board (1918 – 1919)
  • Chicago, Racine & Milwaukee Steamship Company (1919 – 1922)
  • Goodrich Transit Company (1922 – 1929)
Port of registryDuluth, Minnesota
BuilderDetroit Dry Dock Company, Wyandotte, Michigan
Yard number49
LaunchedOctober 11, 1881
In serviceDecember 1881
Out of serviceOctober 29, 1929
IdentificationUS official number 80861
FateSank on Lake Michigan
General characteristics
Class and typePackage freighter
Tonnage
Length
  • 215 feet (65.5 m) (overall)
  • 203.9 feet (62.1 m)
Beam35.1 feet (10.7 m)
Depth11.7 feet (3.6 m)
Installed power
Propulsion1 × fixed pitch propeller
National Register of Historic Places data
Wisconsin shipwreck (iron steamer)
GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 26 is located in Wisconsin
GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 26
GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 26 is located in the United States
GreatLakesShips/sandbox/Overhauls/Archive 26
Location6.5 miles (10.5 km) south-southeast of Kenosha, Wisconsin
Coordinates42°31′57.66″N 87°42′31.44″W / 42.5326833°N 87.7087333°W / 42.5326833; -87.7087333
Built1881
ArchitectDetroit Dry Dock Company
Architectural styleFreighter
MPSGreat Lakes Shipwreck Sites of Wisconsin MPS
NRHP reference No.09000820
Added to NRHPOctober 7, 2009

History

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Background

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In 1843, the gunship USS Michigan, built in Erie, Pennsylvania, became the first iron-hulled vessel built on the Great Lakes.[1] In the mid-1840s, Canadian companies began importing iron vessels prefabricated by shipyards in the United Kingdom. However, it would not be until 1862 that the first iron-hulled merchant ship, Merchant, was built on the Great Lakes.[1] Despite the success of Merchant, wooden vessels remained preferable to iron ones until the 1880s, due to their inexpensiveness, and the abundance of timber.[2][3][4] In the early 1880s, shipyards around the Great Lakes began to construct iron ships on a relatively large scale; in 1882, Onoko, an iron freighter, temporarily became the largest ship on the lakes.[4][5] In 1884, the first steel freighters were built on the Great Lakes, and by the 1890s, the majority of ships constructed on the lakes were made of steel.[6][7]

Design and construction

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Service history

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Final voyage

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Wreck

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b Bugbee (1) (1962), p. 24.
  2. ^ Bugbee (1) (1962), p. 26.
  3. ^ Bowlus (2010), p. 85.
  4. ^ a b Thompson (1994), p. 32.
  5. ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 48.
  6. ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 49.
  7. ^ Bugbee (2) (1962), p. 51.

Sources

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  • Bowlus, W. Bruce (2010). Iron Ore Transport on the Great Lakes: The Development of a Delivery System to Feed American Industry. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-786433-26-1. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  • Bugbee (1), Gordon P. (1962). "Iron Merchant Ships: An Upper Lakes Centennial – Part One" (PDF). Detroit, Michigan: Great Lakes Maritime Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Bugbee (2), Gordon P. (1962). "Iron Merchant Ships: An Upper Lakes Centennial – Part Two" (PDF). Detroit, Michigan: Great Lakes Maritime Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 20, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Thompson, Mark L. (1994). Queen of the Lakes. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-2393-6. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.