SS Appomattox
SS Appomattox was a wooden-hulled, American Great Lakes freighter that ran aground on Lake Michigan, off Atwater Beach off the coast of Shorewood, Wisconsin in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States in 1905.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Klotsche Center and Milwaukee-Downer "Quad".
Klotsche Center
Stadium
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Klotsche Center is a 3,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the campus of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Opened in 1977, the arena was named after UWM's first Chancellor, J. Klotsche Center is situated 1¼ miles southwest of SS Appomattox.
Milwaukee-Downer "Quad"
Historic site
Photo: Freekee, Public domain.
The Milwaukee-Downer "Quad" is a set of four buildings of collegiate Gothic architecture on the campus of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Milwaukee-Downer "Quad" is situated 1¼ miles southwest of SS Appomattox.
Shorewood High School
School
Photo: V138565954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shorewood High School is a comprehensive public high school located in the village of Shorewood, Wisconsin. It is part of the Shorewood School District. Shorewood High School is situated 1¼ miles west of SS Appomattox.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shorewood and East Side.
Shorewood
Town
Photo: Freekee, Public domain.
Shorewood is a village in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. A suburb of Milwaukee, it is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The population was 13,859 at the 2020 census.
East Side
Suburb
The East Side is a district of Milwaukee, Wisconsin consisting of several neighborhoods encompassing an area just north of Downtown Milwaukee to the village of Shorewood, bordered by the Milwaukee River to the west and Lake Michigan to the east. East Side is situated 2½ miles southwest of SS Appomattox.
Whitefish Bay
Town
Photo: Gnome70, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Whitefish Bay is a village in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 14,954 at the 2020 census. A suburb north of Milwaukee along the shore of Lake Michigan, it is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. Whitefish Bay is situated 2½ miles northwest of SS Appomattox.
SS Appomattox
- Type: Disaster remains
- Description: largest wooden steamship on the Great Lakes wrecked in 1905
- Categories: bulk carrier, archaeological site, shipwreck, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.09365° or 43° 5′ 37″ northLongitude
-87.86659° or 87° 51′ 60″ westOpen location code
86MJ34VM+F9OpenStreetMap ID
node 12914820332OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wreckWikidata ID
Q7393177
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“SS Appomattox” goes by many names.
- French: “Appomattox”
- Irish: “SS Appomattox”
- “Appomattox”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Atwater Park and Shorewood Nature Conservancy.
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