S.C. Baldwin
Barge · Lost 1908 · Door County & Lake Michigan
The stone barge S.C. Baldwin capsized under tow off Kewaunee in 1908; her captain survived by clinging to wreckage until a steamer found him.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Built in 1871, the wooden barge S.C. Baldwin was southbound from Sturgeon Bay with stone in tow of the tug Torrent in August 1908. Passing Kewaunee in a storm, she began taking water and around 3 a.m. capsized, unnoticed by the tug until sunrise. One man clung to her hull and was rescued; when the towline was cut she righted and sank. Captain George Heim, in a life jacket, was found hours later by the steamer Caroline. Jacob Witgen drowned.
Vessel
- 1871
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- Wood
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Loss
- August 26, 1908
- Storm
- Lake Michigan off Kewaunee, Wisconsin
- Lake Michigan
- Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
- Stone
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- 1
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The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Kewaunee, Wisconsin
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Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (70/100)
Original newspaper accounts are quoted by the source and were not independently inspected.
Wisconsin Shipwrecks (Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Sea Grant) — S.C. Baldwin
Specification table and final-voyage text read; quoted newspapers not independently inspected.
