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Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Official Snowmobile Trail Map

Date: 2003
Description: The front of map shows trails throughout the bottom half of Wisconsin and includes text on snowmobile rules and tourism contacts. The reverse shows trails ...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Official Snowmobile Trail Map

Date: 2007
Description: The front of map shows trails throughout the bottom half of Wisconsin and includes text on snowmobile rules and tourism contacts. The reverse shows trails ...
Photograph

The Grounded Bow of the Steamer Louisiana

Date: 06 09 2005
Description: Part of the wrecked bow of the steamer Louisiana sitting on a rocky beach near Washington Harbor. Green trees or shrubs are along the shoreline in t...
Photograph

Portion of the Louisiana in Shallow Water

Date: 06 09 2005
Description: View of part of the bow of the Louisiana. While the stern of the Louisiana is resting under eighteen feet of water, the bow nearly touches th...
Photograph

The Wreck of the Louisiana

Date: 06 10 2005
Description: Underwater view of algae and mussels living on the engine mount of the sunken Louisiana. To the left, an underwater archeologist is surveying the si...
Photograph

Underwater Archeologist at the Site of the Louisiana

Date: 06 10 2005
Description: Underwater view of an underwater archeologist investigating the drift pins of the Louisiana. Algae and mussels are covering most of the wood of the ...
Photograph

Underwater View of the Louisiana

Date: 06 10 2005
Description: Underwater view of the Louisiana taken from beneath the deck planks looking up towards the surface of the lake. The surface, lit by the light of the...
Photograph

Surveying the Site of the Louisiana

Date: 06 10 2005
Description: Underwater view of an archeologist surveying the frames of the Louisiana. Mussels and algae are growing on the wood of the ship.
Photograph

The Stern of the Rouse Simmons

Date: 09 29 2005
Description: Underwater view of an archaeologist swimming past the stern of the Rouse Simmons (also known as the Christmas tree ship). Except for the masts, the ...
Photograph

The Windlass of the Rouse Simmons

Date: 09 29 2005
Description: Underwater view of an archaeologist swimming over the windlass of the Rouse Simmons (also known as the Christmas Tree Ship). The archaeologist is sh...
Photograph

The Bow of the Rouse Simmons

Date: 07 16 2007
Description: Underwater view of two archaeologists surveying and investigating the bow of the Rouse Simmons (also known as the Christmas Tree ship). One person i...
Photograph

Appomattox

Date: 08 2007
Description: Underwater view of the Apomattox's floor keelsons near the bow.
Photograph

Appomattox Propeller

Date: 2006
Description: Underwater view of a propeller located off of the Appomattox wreck site, near Shorewood, in Lake Michigan. The diver is Kimm Stabelfeldt.
Photograph

Appomattox Bilge

Date: 08 2007
Description: View of the bottom, or bilge, of the Appomattox. The bilge was made entirely of wood, as on shipbuilder James Davidson’s other steamers. The heavy k...
Photograph

Appomattox Keelsons

Date: 08 2007
Description: An archaeologist investigates floor keelsons near the bow of the Appomattox.
Photograph

Appomattox Steel Plating

Date: 08 2007
Description: View of steel plating lining the central keelson on the wreckage of the Appomattox.
Photograph

Kate Kelly Gear and Shaft

Date: 08 2003
Description: View of the gear and shaft of the Kate Kelly at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
Photograph

Kate Kelly Hull

Date: 08 2003
Description: View of the remains of the hull of the Kate Kelly at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
Photograph

Kate Kelly Mast Step

Date: 08 2003
Description: View of the mast step which rested on the main keelson and held the bottom of one of the Kate Kelly’s tall masts.
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Kate Kelly Rigging

Date: 08 2003
Description: View of the remains of the rigging of the Kate Kelly at the bottom of Lake Michigan.

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