Shipwreck · Lake Michigan · Foundered
SS S. C. Baldwin
A steam barge built in 1871, lost on Lake Michigan in 1908. The record: “Sank 1908.” The wreck is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The vessel
On the record
- Type
- Steam barge
- Builder
- Campbell, Owen & Company
- Launched
- 1871
- Length
- 160 ft (49 m)
- Beam
- 30 ft (9 m)
- Tonnage
- 418 GRT
- Fate
- Sank 1908
- Wreck site
- 2.3 miles (3.7 km) SSE of Rawley Point Light in Lake Michigan
- National Register
- Listed August 22, 2016 · ref. 16000565
- Lake
- Lake Michigan
- Coordinates
- 44.1930° N, 87.4532° W
The same decade
Michigan losses of the 1900s
- R. J. Hackett1905 · foundered
- SS Appomattox1905 · stranded
- SS Atlanta1906
- SS Eastland1905
- SS Erie L. Hackley1903 · foundered
- SS Francis Hinton1909
- SS Walter L. Frost1903 · stranded
- Tennie and Laura1903 · foundered
On the bottom nearby
Nearest Michigan wrecks
- SS Vernon2.1 mi · lost 1887
- Rouse Simmons6.0 mi · lost 1912
- Arctic10 mi · lost 1930
- SS Francis Hinton10 mi · lost 1909
- Home18 mi · lost 1858
- Gallinipper19 mi · lost 1851
Straight-line distance between published positions.
By boat
Closest launches
- Point Beach State Forest Kayak Site2.9 mi
- Vets Park and Boat Launch6.8 mi
- Thiede Road Canoe Access8.3 mi
- Two Creeks Access9.0 mi
On the horizon
Nearest lights
- Rawley Point Light3.0 mi
- Two Rivers Light6.3 mi
- Manitowoc Breakwater Light12 mi
Source
Vessel facts on this page come from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article SS S. C. Baldwin, 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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