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Advance

Schooner-Barge · United States · Lost Circa early 20th century · Door County & Lake Michigan

A Peshtigo Lumber Company schooner-barge that spent decades hauling lumber and coal before sinking in Green Bay near Sturgeon Bay.

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Historically Reconstructed. Drawn from partial documentation of this vessel together with her known class and configuration. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Built in 1871 at Trenton, Michigan, for the Peshtigo Lumber Company, Advance spent nearly three decades carrying lumber between Peshtigo and Chicago before later owners used her in the coal trade out of Sturgeon Bay. Her final loss, while carrying soft coal, is not precisely dated in the sources reviewed, but her wreck near Nasewaupee in Green Bay has been documented and surveyed by Wisconsin Historical Society archaeologists.

Vessel

Built: 1871
Registry: US registry no. 105102
Builder: Alvin A. Turner
Yard: Trenton, Michigan
Material: Wood
Length: 141.2 ft
Beam: 38.4 ft
Tonnage: 438
Propulsion: None (towed barge)
Owners: Leathem & Smith Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin (at loss)

Loss

Date: Circa early 20th century
Cause: Not established
Location: Near Nasewaupee, Green Bay, Door County
Water: Lake Michigan (Green Bay)
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Soft coal
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: Not established
Condition: Lower hull and keelson structure survive on the site; documented in a 2020-2022 archaeological survey.
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established