Built in 1867, the Trinidad was plagued with structural issues and sank nearly a century and a half ago. Historians intend to nominate it for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.
This July 2023 photo provided by State Historical Society of Wisconsin shows the schooner Trinidad's wheel.This July 2023 photo provided by State Historical Society of Wisconsin shows the schooner Trinidad's wheel.A schooner called the Trinidad was built in 1867 with the purpose of hauling grain, coal and iron between the Midwest and the Northeast. But a lack of upkeep doomed the vessel, which sank in Lake Michigan during its final voyage in 1881.
"We were stunned to see that not only was the deckhouse still on her, but it still had all the cabinets with all the dishes stacked in them and all the crew's effects," BaillodConstructed in Grand Island, N.Y., the 140-foot-long Trinidad was built for two Oswego merchants, John Keller and Aaron B. Merriam, who used the ship for the grain trade with Milwaukee and Chicago.
According to Baillod, Captain John Higgins and an eight-person crew set out from Port Huron in the spring of 1881 and headed north through the Straits of Mackinac on what would be the ship's final trip. At one point the vessel needed help from a tugboat to sail through thick ice.
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