SS Atlanta
Atlanta (steam screw) Shipwreck | |
 The Atlanta prior to her sinking | |
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| Location | 1.02 miles North Northeast of Amsterdam Park boat launch in Lake Michigan |
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| Nearest city | Cedar Grove, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 43°34′15″N 87°46′58″W / 43.570883°N 87.7827°W |
| Built | 1891 |
| Architect | Cleveland Dry Dock Company |
| Architectural style | Freighter |
| MPS | Great Lakes Shipwreck Sites of Wisconsin MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 100001785 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 6, 2017 |
The SS Atlanta was a wooden hulled Great Lakes steamer that sank in Lake Michigan off the coast of Holland, Michigan, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States after burning down. On the day of November 6, 2017 the wreck of the Atlanta was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
History
The Atlanta (Official number 106823)[2] was built in 1891 in Cleveland, Ohio by the Cleveland Dry Dock Company as a passenger and package freight vessel. She was built for the Goodrich Transportation Company of Kenosha, Wisconsin. She had an overall length of 220 feet (67 m), and she was 200 feet (61 m) long between her perpendiculars[2], her hull was 32.2 feet (9.8 m) wide[2] and her hull was 22.6 feet (6.9 m) deep[2].[3] She had a gross register tonnage of 1129.17 tons[2] and a net register tonnage of 958.06 tons[2]. The Atlanta was equipped with a 900 horsepower fore and aft compound steam engine; the steam for the engine was provided by two Scotch marine boilers.[3]
The Atlanta was launched on April 25, 1891.[3] She was used to transport passengers and package freight across Lake Michigan. She regularly made trips Chicago, Illinois, Muskegon, Michigan and Grand Haven, Michigan. She ran these trips in the shipping season between March and December before she was laid up for the winter.[4] In 1895 the Atlanta's two Scotch boilers were replaced with new ones. The new boilers were located further forward in side her hull, this brought her stern 20 inches (51 cm) out of the water. She also received a new and wider afterbody. She was later put on Wisconsin's winter fleet and she visited ports on Lake Michigan from Chicago, Illinois to Green Bay, Wisconsin and Marinette, Wisconsin.[4]
Final voyage
On the day of March 18, 1906 the Atlanta was sailing from Sheboygan, Wisconsin to Milwaukee, Wisconsin with 65 passengers on board. Her cargo hold was filled with miscellaneous items such as metal ware, porcelain enamelware, wooden furniture, porcelain and leather.[5] When she was about 14 miles (23 km) south of Sheboygan, Wisconsin when her crew discovered a fire in her cargo hold. The Atlanta's crew tried to combat the fire but failed. Even the automatic fire apparatus and automatic that were tested six days before the fire, failed to put it out. The eventually got so bad that the Atlanta was stopped, and her crew and passengers took to the lifeboats.[5]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f "Atlanta". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ a b c "Atlanta". Great Lakes Vessel Histories of Sterling Berry. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Service History". Wisconsin Shipwrecks. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Final voyage". Wisconsin Shipwrecks. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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