City of Glasgow
Bulk Freighter · United States · Lost 1917 · Door County & Lake Michigan
Once one of the largest wooden Great Lakes freighters, reduced to a stone barge and finally beached for good in Lily Bay in 1917.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
City of Glasgow began as one of the largest wooden bulk carriers on the Great Lakes, later damaged by grounding and fire near Green Bay in 1907. Rebuilt as a crushed-stone barge, she was blown ashore in Lily Bay, Door County, in October 1917, after her towline to the tug John Hunsader parted. Her lower hull remains visible in shallow water and was the subject of a detailed archaeological study.
Vessel
- 1891
- US 126729
- James Davidson
- West Bay City, Michigan
- Wood
- 297 ft
- 41 ft
- 2003
- Propeller (later towed as barge)
- Leathem and Smith Towing and Wrecking Company
Loss
- October 6, 1917
- Storm
- Lily Bay, Door County, Wisconsin
- Lake Michigan
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Not established
- Not established
- 0
- Not established
The Wreck Today
- 3 ft
- Lower hull remains visible in about 3 feet of water
- Not established
- Not established
- Not established
Position
- 44.839° N 87.271° W
- Surveyed position
- Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (82/100)
Wisconsin Historical Society (WI Shipwrecks)
Build details, conversion history, final stranding.
NOAA Sea Grant / East Carolina University archaeological report
Site condition and archaeological survey findings.
