Shipwreck · Lake Michigan
SS J. M. Allmendinger
A steam barge built in 1883, lost on Lake Michigan in 1895. The record: “Wrecked November 26, 1895.” The wreck is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Steam barge
- Builder
- Albert Burgoyne
- Launched
- 1883
- Length
- 104 ft (32 m)
- Beam
- 24 ft (7 m)
- Tonnage
- 230.94 GRT; 207.04 NRT
- Fate
- Wrecked November 26, 1895
- Wreck site
- 2.5 mi SSE of Concordia U. in Lake Michigan
- National Register
- Listed October 11, 2018 · ref. 10000301
- Lake
- Lake Michigan
- Coordinates
- 43.2181° N, 87.8942° W
The same decade
Michigan losses of the 1890s
- Margaret A. Muir1893 · foundered
- SS Australasia1896 · fire
- SS John V. Moran1899 · foundered
- SS L.R. Doty1898 · foundered
- SS W.H. Gilcher1892 · foundered
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Michigan wrecks
- Niagara (1856)2.8 mi · lost 1856
- SS Milwaukee (1929)6.5 mi · lost 1929
- Northerner7.5 mi · lost 1868
- SS Appomattox8.7 mi · lost 1905
- Tennie and Laura8.9 mi · lost 1903
- United States lightship LV-5715 mi
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- McKinley Park Marina12 mi
- Port Washington - Lake Michigan12 mi
- River Front Launching Site13 mi
- South Shore Park Boat Ramp15 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Kevich Light7.3 mi
- North Point Light11 mi
- Port Washington Breakwater Light12 mi
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS J. M. Allmendinger, retrieved 2026-10-11. We print the fields as recorded and add nothing; a missing field means the record is silent. Tonnage and dimensions were often measured more than one way in their day, so they can differ between sources.
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