Adjacent to Rock Island Ferry Dock, Jackson Harbor
Historic Name: | Iris Shipwreck |
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Reference Number: | 06000638 |
Location (Address): | Adjacent to Rock Island Ferry Dock, Jackson Harbor |
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County: | Door |
City/Village: | |
Township: | Washington |
Iris Shipwreck Jackson Harbor, Door County Date of Construction: 1866 Builder: Lorenzo S. Bedford
The Iris was a small 74-foot scow schooner built in 1866 in Port Huron, Michigan. She led a long and interesting career as a coasting schooner, sailing out of Washington Island's Detroit Harbor for most of her career. Much of what we know of the Iris is gleaned from contemporary accounts from the Door County Advocate, including having been given up for lost on several occasions, the loss of Captain Anderson when he fell overboard in Milwaukee harbor, battling fierce Lake Michigan storms, collisions, and repeated changes of ownership. Having survived an amazing 47 years on the Great Lakes, the Iris was eventually abandoned in Jackson Harbor in 1913 after having run aground. Today, her remains lie in two feet of water a short distance from the Rock Island Ferry Dock in Jackson Harbor.
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Period of Significance: | 1866-1913 |
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Area of Significance: | Archeology/Historic - Non-Aboriginal |
Area of Significance: | Maritime History |
Applicable Criteria: | Information Potential |
Historic Use: | Transportation: Water-Related |
Architectural Style: | No Style Listed |
Resource Type: | Site |
Architect: | Bedford, Lorenzo S. |
Historic Status: | Listed in the National Register |
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Historic Status: | Listed in the State Register |
National Register Listing Date: | 07/19/2006 |
State Register Listing Date: | 04/28/2006 |
Number of Contributing Buildings: | 0 |
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Number of Contributing Sites: | 1 |
Number of Contributing Structures: | 0 |
Number of Contributing Objects: | 0 |
Number of Non-Contributing Sites: | 1 |
Number of Non-Contributing Structures: | 0 |
Number of Non-Contributing Objects: | 0 |
National Register and State Register of Historic Places, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |