Wisconsin
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Wisconsin
was a combined passenger and cargo steamer laid down by
Detroit Drydock Company, and was launched in 1881 for the
American company Goodrich Transport Company in Chicago.
She changed owners several times, and was requisitioned by
the US Shipping board under The Great War and used as a
hospital ship, but was returned to her owners in 1920.
Under a journey from Chicago to Milwaukee loaded with
machine tools, cars and passengers, she ran into a storm
29. October 1929 and developed a leak and sank. Number of
casualties vary in historical sources, but up to ten
people lost their lives in the accident. The wreck rest
today on a depth of 25 to 40 meter southeast of Kenosha.
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