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Shipwreck

J.V. Taylor (1867)

Location: "In the summer of 1933, she lay in the Root river at Racine east of Meade Street Bridge, north side of the river, headed west without any masts and pretty low in the water. She was abandoned there and her ribs could be seen until 1939." The wreckage is located in front of what now is the 5th Street Yacht Club. Most of the area was dredged in 2001, but a few larger pieces of the wreck remain.
Nearby City: Racine, Racine County
Body of water: Root River
Shipwreck

Mount Vernon (1855)

Nearby City: Racine, Racine County
Body of water: Root River

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