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APPOMATTOX
 
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intro_appomattox.jpg Innovative construction techniques produced the largest wooden vessel ever built on the Great Lakes, perhaps in the world.
           
Vessel Type:  Wooden bulk steamer
           
Launched: 1896 Wrecked: 1905 Cause: Grounding in fog
 

Location: 150 feet east of Atwater Beach, Shorewood, Wis.
        
Depth: 20 feet
 
This wreck's location is marked with a mooring buoy.
 
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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

 
 

 
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