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SS Joys

Steamboat that sank in Lake Michigan

Steamboat that sank in Lake Michigan

FieldValue
imageJoys.png
captionThe steam barge *Joys* underway
locationLake Michigan off the coast of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
locmapinWisconsin
coordinates
refnum07001218
addedNovember 21, 2007

The '*SS *Joys''''' was a steamboat that sank in Lake Michigan off the coast of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States. In 2007, the shipwreck site was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

History

The Joys was built in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1884. She would go on to haul cargo through the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal from Menominee, Michigan to the ports of Milwaukee, Chicago, Illinois, Manistee, Michigan and Michigan City, Indiana.

On December 23, 1898, the Joys was at anchor in the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal. At about 1:00 a.m., the captain saw flames from the wheelhouse and sounded the alarm. The crew was able to escape, but in the ensuing chaos the ship was carried in the current toward the canal office and government warehouse. Eventually, efforts from those on land were successful in towing the vessel away from land, where it then burned to the waterline and sank.

References

References

  1. "Weekly List of Actions Taken On Properties". National Park Service.
  2. "Steam Barge Joys". Historical Marker Database.org.
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