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Shipwreck

Island City (1859)

Location: The island City lies in 130 feet of water approximately 16 miles northeast of Milwaukee; 9 miles southeast of Port Washington in the vicinity of Mequon.
Ship Master: Captain William R. Wood
Body of water: Lake Michigan
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Lavinia (1847)

Location: North of Port Washington, Wisconsin.
Nearby City: Port Washington, Ozaukee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
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J.M. Allmendinger (1883)

Location: Fourteen miles north of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in Donges Bay, just north of Fox Point.
Ship Master: Captain Charles Morrison was the first master. Captain Peterson was the final master.
Nearby City: Fox Point, Ozaukee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
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Bohemian (1856)

Nearby City: Port Washington, Ozaukee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
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Niagara (1845)

Location: North of Port Washington, off Belgium, one mile from shore.
Ship Master: Captain Fred S. Miller
Nearby City: Belgium, Ozaukee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
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Guiding Star (1869)

Location: Blew ashore 12 miles north of Milwaukee. Brendon Baillod states " What are believed to be the ship's remains lie just south of parking lot of Virmond Park on the beach buried under the bluff with coal and a salvage cart buried near the keel. After storms, the wreckage is sometimes exposed.".
Ship Master: Captain John Griffin
Body of water: Lake Michigan
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Tennie and Laura (1876)

Ship Master: John Sather
Nearby City: Port Washington, Ozaukee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
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Northerner (1851)

Location: The Northerner capsized off Port Ulao, south of Port Washington.
Ship Master: First master: Nicholas Smith.
Nearby City: Port Washington, Ozaukee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
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Senator (1896)

Ship Master: Captain George H. Kinch
Nearby City: Port Washington, Ozaukee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
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Toledo (1854)

Ship Master: Densham
Nearby City: Port Washington, Ozaukee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
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Ella Ellinwood (1870)

Ship Master: Thomas Flagstad of Grand Haven, MI
Nearby City: Bayside, Ozaukee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
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Lexington (1838)

Location: Was driven aground about ten miles north of Port Washington. Possibly pulled free.
Nearby City: Port Washington, Ozaukee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
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Belle (1860)

Ship Master: Patrick Barnes
Nearby City: Port Washington, Ozaukee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
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Eva M. Cone (1857)

Location: Three miles south of Port Ulao.
Body of water: Lake Michigan
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A.V. Knickerbocker (1840)

Location: Capsized in a gale 6 miles north of Port Washington and ten miles offshore.
Ship Master: Capt. Richards
Nearby City: Port Washington, Ozaukee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
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Silver Cloud (1869)

Ship Master: Capt. Johnson
Body of water: Lake Michigan
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Gertie Wing (1880)

Ship Master: William Burmeister of Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Nearby City: Port Washington, Ozaukee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
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Port Washington Light Station

Location: 311 Johnson Street
Nearby City: Port Washington, Ozaukee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
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Mars (1855)

Location: Several miles south of Port Washington, Wisconsin.
Ship Master: George Faraby
Nearby City: Port Washington, Ozaukee County
Body of water: Lake Michigan
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St. Peter (1868)

Ship Master: G.W. Flood
Body of water: Lake Michigan

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