National Register of Historic Places
LAKELAND (steam screw) Shipwreck
Sturgeon Bay vicinity, Door County, Wisconsin
The record
- Listed
- July 7, 2015
- Type
- Site
- Address
- 6 mi. E. of Sturgeon Bay Canal, Sturgeon Bay vicinity
- County
- Door
- State
- Wisconsin
- Contributing resources
- 1 site
- Coordinates
- 44.93914, -87.34407
- Reference number
- 15000403
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The story
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The Lakeland (steam screw) Shipwreck lies about 6 miles east of the Sturgeon Bay Canal, near Sturgeon Bay in Door County, Wisconsin. The steel-hulled steam screw was built in 1886 by the Globe Iron Works Company and listed in the National Register in 2015.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criteria A and D, with national and state level significance in maritime history, commerce, engineering, science and historic archeology. Its period of significance runs from 1886, when it was built, to 1925.
Physical character
The wreck retains a steel hull and an intact triple expansion engine. A 1923-1924 overhaul at Cleveland, costing $38,000, replaced the pilot house, relocated the boiler room, and added two new Scotch boilers with a watertight bulkhead between the boiler room and hold.
Historical context
Built in 1886 as a bulk freighter, the Lakeland became a passenger steamer in 1910 and an automobile carrier in 1920. In 1917 it was sold to the Northwestern Steamship Company. It sank on December 3, 1924, in about 200 feet of water. In 1937 Dr. Edgar End and Max G. Nohl used the wreck to set a world record dive of 420 feet.