Search below for stories about ships, lighthouses, sailors and anything else about life on Lake Michigan. The database contains references to articles from the Ahnapee (Algoma) Record (June 12, 1873 to Jan. 7, 1927), the Door County Advocate (Nov. 8, 1861 to Dec. 22, 1949), and the Manitowoc Pilot (June 14, 1859 to Dec. 28, 1899). The results will direct you to the date and page in these newspapers where the article can be found.
Microfilm copies of the Ahnapee (Algoma) Record are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library in Madison, Algoma Public Library in Algoma. Microfilm copies of the Door County Advocate are available at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library in Madison, the Door County Public Library in Sturgeon Bay, and the Brown County Library in Green Bay. Microfilm of the Manitowoc Pilot are available at the Manitowoc County Historical Society, the Manitowoc Public Library, and the Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison.
Check with your local library about obtaining the microfilm via interlibrary loan.
| Newspaper | Object | Name | Date | Page | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1916-10-27 | 2 | Kewaunee. Schooner Stafford got away south where repairs can be made. It was leaking badly, the tug Industry had to tow it in and the local Coast Guard had to man the pumps for many hours while it stayed here. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1916-10-20 | 2 | While tug Industry was towing the government dump scows, a scowman fell overboard, kicked off his boots and swam to the pier. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1916-10-27 | 2 | Kewaunee. The dredge Kewaunee in tow of the tug Manitowoc and the scows in charge of the Industry left for Milwaukee Saturday. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1916-10-06 | 2 | Kewaunee. Work at Milwaukee is said to be urgent. The dredge Kewaunee and tug Industry are expected to leave Kewaunee between the 10th and 15th of this month. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1916-04-07 | 2 | The tug Industry was paced in commission last week and has since been doing preliminary work about the government ship yards. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1915-12-10 | 2 | Kewaunee. Arrived in port from Sturgeon Bay with two dump scows and went into ordinary for winter. She had been undergoing repairs at the Sturgeon Bay ship yards. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1915-04-09 | 2 | Dredge Kewaunee in tow of tug Manitowoc and accompanied by the tug Industry and scows, left Kewaunee for Waukegan. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1915-05-28 | 3 | Dredge Kewaunee and the tug Industry arrived in Two Rivers last week for dredging a channel in the Two River harbor. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1913-04-04 | 5 | The government tug Industry passed here Wednesday with the pile driver in tow. The pile driver was being taken from the Canal to Kewaunee. | |
| Ahnapee (Algoma) Record | Tug | Industry | 1913-09-26 | 8 | Tug Industry brought in the government dredge Algoma, and dump scows. |
This database is a cooperative effort of the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association (WUAA), the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS), and the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute. The project is spearheaded by WUAA member Russel Leitz, who helped develop a framework for the database and painstakingly combed through 54 years of the Ahnapee (Algoma) Record, 87 years of the Door County Advocate and 40 years of the Manitowoc Pilot for maritime news. The more than 50,000 references are the fruit of his labor alone.