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==Final voyage== |
==Final voyage== |
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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.<ref name="Atlanta2">{{cite web |url = http://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/Vessel/Details/43?region=Index |title = Final voyage |work = Wisconsin Shipwrecks |accessdate = April 15, 2018 }}</ref> When she was about {{convert|14|mi|km}} south of Sheboygan, 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 that was tested six days before the fire failed to put it out. The fire eventually got so bad that the ''Atlanta'' was stopped, and her crew and passengers took to the lifeboats.<ref name="Atlanta2"/> The fish tug ''Tessler'' spotted the burning ''Atlanta'' and went to assist the people onboard. The ''Atlanta''{{'s}} deckhand Michael Hickey jumped off his ship, aiming to jump onto the ''Tessler'' but misjudged the distance and plummeted to his death between the two vessels. The ship's cook was saved by a fisherman named Charles Klein. The cook was trapped in the pantry of the ''Atlanta'', but luckily Klein heard the cook's screams and climbed up onto the burning vessel and pulled the cook trough a porthole.<ref name="Atlanta2"/> Eventually all the people climbed aboard the ''Tessler''; later all the passengers and crew were transferred to the steamer ''Georgian'' which took them back to Sheboygan. The ''Tessler'' took the ''Atlanta'' in tow, but eventually cut her loose and let her burn to the waterline. The value of the ''Atlanta'' and her cargo totaled a $200.000 loss.<ref name="Atlanta2"/> |
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.<ref name="Atlanta2">{{cite web |url = http://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/Vessel/Details/43?region=Index |title = Final voyage |work = Wisconsin Shipwrecks |accessdate = April 15, 2018 }}</ref> When she was about {{convert|14|mi|km}} south of Sheboygan, 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 that was tested six days before the fire failed to put it out. The fire eventually got so bad that the ''Atlanta'' was stopped, and her crew and passengers took to the lifeboats.<ref name="Atlanta2"/> The fish tug ''Tessler'' spotted the burning ''Atlanta'' and went to assist the people onboard. The ''Atlanta''{{'s}} deckhand Michael Hickey jumped off his ship, aiming to jump onto the ''Tessler'' but misjudged the distance and plummeted to his death between the two vessels. The ship's cook was saved by a fisherman named Charles Klein. The cook was trapped in the pantry of the ''Atlanta'', but luckily Klein heard the cook's screams and climbed up onto the burning vessel and pulled the cook trough a porthole.<ref name="Atlanta2"/> Eventually all the people climbed aboard the ''Tessler''; later all the passengers and crew were transferred to the steamer ''Georgian'' which took them back to Sheboygan. The ''Tessler'' took the ''Atlanta'' in tow, but eventually cut her loose and let her burn to the waterline. The value of the ''Atlanta'' and her cargo totaled a $200.000 loss.<ref name="Atlanta2"/> |
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In 1920 the ''Atlanta'' was purchased by the Leathem & Smith Towing and Wrecking Company of [[Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin]] who began salvaging her wreck on August 11, 1920. A diver named Perl Purdy and some other divers salvaged the ''Atlanta''{{'s}} engine, boilers and any valuable cargo that they could find.<ref name="Atlanta2"/> The divers claimed that the machinery was only worth money as scrap money and most of her metalwork was destroyed in the fire. One of the ''Atlanta''{{'s}} boilers was placed in the steamer ''M.H. Stuart'' in 1921.<ref name="Atlanta2"/> |
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Revision as of 20:26, 16 April 2018
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 Cedar Grove, 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. The ship had an overall length of 220 feet (67 m) and was 200 feet (61 m) long between perpendiculars.[2] The hull was 32.2 feet (9.8 m) wide[2] and was 22.6 feet (6.9 m) deep.[2][3] The ship 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] The ship was used to transport passengers and package freight across Lake Michigan. The Atlanta regularly made trips to Chicago, Illinois; Muskegon, Michigan; and Grand Haven, Michigan. The ship ran these trips in the shipping season between March and December before it 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 the hull, this brought the stern 20 inches (51 cm) out of the water. The ship also received a new and wider afterbody. The Atlanta was later put on Wisconsin's winter fleet, and it visited ports on Lake Michigan from Chicago to Green Bay 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, 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 that was tested six days before the fire failed to put it out. The fire eventually got so bad that the Atlanta was stopped, and her crew and passengers took to the lifeboats.[5] The fish tug Tessler spotted the burning Atlanta and went to assist the people onboard. The Atlanta's deckhand Michael Hickey jumped off his ship, aiming to jump onto the Tessler but misjudged the distance and plummeted to his death between the two vessels. The ship's cook was saved by a fisherman named Charles Klein. The cook was trapped in the pantry of the Atlanta, but luckily Klein heard the cook's screams and climbed up onto the burning vessel and pulled the cook trough a porthole.[5] Eventually all the people climbed aboard the Tessler; later all the passengers and crew were transferred to the steamer Georgian which took them back to Sheboygan. The Tessler took the Atlanta in tow, but eventually cut her loose and let her burn to the waterline. The value of the Atlanta and her cargo totaled a $200.000 loss.[5]
In 1920 the Atlanta was purchased by the Leathem & Smith Towing and Wrecking Company of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin who began salvaging her wreck on August 11, 1920. A diver named Perl Purdy and some other divers salvaged the Atlanta's engine, boilers and any valuable cargo that they could find.[5] The divers claimed that the machinery was only worth money as scrap money and most of her metalwork was destroyed in the fire. One of the Atlanta's boilers was placed in the steamer M.H. Stuart in 1921.[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 April 15, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Atlanta". Great Lakes Vessel Histories of Sterling Berry. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
- ^ a b "Service History". Wisconsin Shipwrecks. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Final voyage". Wisconsin Shipwrecks. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
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