Sheboygan
Side-Wheel Steamer · Lost 1914 · Chicago & Southern Lake Michigan
After decades of passenger and freight service, Sheboygan was stripped and burned north of Manitowoc in 1914.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Sheboygan was built at Manitowoc in 1869 by Greenleaf S. Rand as an oak side-wheel passenger and package freight steamer. She served Goodrich on Lake Michigan’s western shore until July 1914, although much of her final two years was spent moored at Manitowoc. After machinery and other valuables were removed, she was towed from the harbor and beached two miles north of town on September 24, 1914. Intentionally set ablaze that afternoon, she burned for most of the night.
Vessel
- 1869
- US registry no. 115119
- Greenleaf S. Rand
- Manitowoc, Wisconsin
- Wood
- 208.1 ft
- 50.6 ft
- 673.90 gross tons
- Steam, side wheels
- Goodrich Transit Company
Loss
- September 24, 1914
- Fire
- Beach two miles north of Manitowoc, Wisconsin
- Lake Michigan
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The Wreck Today
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Position
- 44.11° N 87.64° W
- Reported, unconfirmed
- Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Converted from published Wisconsin Shipwrecks degrees and decimal minutes; not independently surveyed here.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (85/100)
Exact position, present depth and surviving condition are not established in the reviewed sources.
Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Sea Grant — Wisconsin Shipwrecks
Construction, builder, registry number, oak side-wheel form, dimensions and Goodrich service; September 24, 1914 stripping, beaching and completed intentional burning; published inventory position.
