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St. Albens
 

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A wooden steamer built in 1868 used to haul passengers and freight throughout the lower Great Lakes.  Hit ice and sank on January 30, 1881.  She is intact standing upright in 165 feet of water, 7 miles east of Milwaukee.
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ST. ALBANS
Other names   :  none
Official no.      :  23514
Type at loss    :  propeller, wood, passenger & package freight
Build info        :  1868, Ira Lafrinier, Cleveland
Specs            :  135x26x11,  435 t.
Date of loss    :  1881, Jan 30

Place of loss   :  8 mi NNE of
Milwaukee
Lake
               : Michigan

Type of loss    :  ice
Loss of life      :  none of 27
Carrying          :  general merchandise, flour, cattle

Detail              : She rammed a cake of ice, which filled the hole it had made in her hull. She rushed for shore, but as  the ice melted, the vessel filled and sank. Bound
Milwaukee for Ludington, she was a total loss of $35,000.
She was a Northern Transportation Co. boat serving small
Lake Michigan ports out of Grand Haven.

Sources            :  hgl,nsp,mv,lmdc,usls,mpl,bb

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