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Archeological assessment of historic Great Lakes shipwrecks: Surveys of the steamers Niagara and Francis Hinton
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
07/1995
Abstract
Between 1992 and 1994, the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (SHSW) conducted an underwater archeological survey of the steamers Niagara and Francis Hinton in Lake Michigan, under a grant from the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute. The grant provided operational funding and equipment to the underwater archeology program of the SHSW to assist with ongoing resource assessment work, conducted in cooperation with the Port Washington Historical Society, the Two Rivers Museum Partnership, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and the Wisconsin Underwater Archeological Association. The study of the shipwrecks Niagara and Francis Hinton is part of a broader series of underwater archeological surveys in Wisconsin waters conducted by the SHSW. Previous to the Niagara and Francis Hinton investigations, the SHSW underwater archeology program has conducted surveys in the Lake Michigan and Green Bay waters around Door County and the waters of Lake Superior around the Apostle Islands (Cooper 1989; Cooper and Rodgers 1990; Cooper et al. 1991; Cooper and Jensen 1992; Jensen 1994; Cooper and Jensen 1995). Founded in 1988, the SHSW underwater archeology program works to survey, inventory and evaluate Wisconsin's underwater archeological resources; forms strategies for their preservation; develops administrative and field management practices; and enhances public appreciation and stewardship for Wisconsin's precious but vanishing maritime heritage (Cooper 1992, 1993; Jensen 1992, 1993). The state underwater archeology program is located in the SHSW Division of Historic Preservation, Office of the State Archeologist.
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- Title
- Archeological assessment of historic Great Lakes shipwrecks
- Resource Type
- Report
- Publisher
- State Historical Society of Wisconsin; Madison, Wisconsin
- Number of pages
- 56
- Copyright
- Copyright 1995, State Historical Society of Wisconsin
- Identifiers
- 99380500191006600
- Academic Unit
- History and Philosophy; College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities
- Language
- English