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Wisconsin Historical Society Shipwreck Database

Vessel Detail Information for: Appomattox (1896)
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Vessel Name: Appomattox (1896)
National Register: Listed
Registry #: 107236
Casualty: 11/02/1905, stranded
Vessel Type: steam screw
Built: 1896, James Davidson, West Bay City, MI
Home Port: Duluth, MN
Cargo: coal
Length: 319.8 ft
Beam: 42 ft
Depth of Hold: 23 ft
Hull: wood
Gross Tonnage: 2643
Propulsion: steam screw
Body of Water: Lake Michigan
County: Milwaukee
Nearest City: Milwaukee, WI
Water Depth: 23 ft
Notes
Snorkel & kayak accessible
Stranded on North Point due to heavy smoke emenating from Milwaukee, vessel went to pieces; boilers salvaged from wreck and stood on the Wolf & Davidson Dock until 1922

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