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Goodrich steamer Wisconsin
 
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Attraction
Location
Body of Water: Lake Michigan
Trail Name: Lower Lake Michigan
Nearest City: Kenosha
County: Kenosha
Zip Code: 53140
Latitude: N 42°31.94900'
Longitude: W -087°42.52400'
Attraction
Features
Open to public?: Yes
Mooring buoy?: Yes
Mooring buoy in place?: No
Snorkelable?: No
Dive guide?: No
Trails sign?: No
National Register?: No
Attraction
Description
Lying in about 130 feet of water, the shipwreck site is easily accessible by boat. Wisconsin is a popular shipwreck for advanced divers, and remains mostly intact with a cargo of cars still on board. The site is marked with a seasonal Wisconsin Historical Society shipwreck mooring buoy, allowing boats to tie up directly above the site while protecting the shipwreck from inadvertent anchor damage and providing a safe point of ascent and descent for divers.
 
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Arab (1883)
Arkansas (1849)
Cheerio (1935)
City of Madison (1857)
Detroit (1837)
Edna (1877)
Elizabeth (1863)
George Hanson (1847)
Great West (1854)
Hans Crocker (1856)
L.R. Doty (1893)
Lady Ann (1849)
Lomira (1851)
Luise M. (1892)
M. Courtwright (1856)
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