NRHP Reference # 07001219 Added to NRHP 21 November 2007 | Launched 1867 | |
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Location Off the coast of Wind Point, Wisconsin | ||
The Kate Kelly was a schooner that sank in 1895 off the coast of Wind Point, Wisconsin, United States. In 2007 the shipwreck site was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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Map of Kate Kelly Shipwreck (1867), Wisconsin, USA
History
The Kate Kelly was built in Tonawanda, New York by John Martel in 1867. Her homeport was Buffalo, New York and later Oswego, New York. She carried cargo such as corn, grain, coal and iron from ports including those in Chicago, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisconsin to ports in places such as Canada.
In May 1895 the Kate Kelly left Alpena, Michigan with a load of hemlock railroad ties bound for Chicago. After stopping at Sheboygan, Wisconsin, she carried on with her journey. On the morning of May 13, a storm broke out across Lake Michigan, sinking several ships including the Kate Kelly. There were no survivors and the bodies of the crew were never found.
The ship lies two miles east of Wind Point Light.