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Form 10-900-a Wisconsin Word Processing Format (Approved 1/92) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Advance Shipwreck (Barge) Section _7 Page 1 Town of Nasewaupee, Door County, Wisconsin Introduction On a rocky bottom 520 feet east of the shores of the Sand Bay Peninsula on the Green Bay side of Door County, the barge Advance (DR-0347) lies broken in 8 feet of water in the vicinity of the Town of Nasewaupee. Constructed in 1871, the vessel was one of five schooner-barges built by shipwright Alvin A. Turner for the Peshtigo Lumber Company. In 1911, the Advance was converted into a stone barge and lighter for the Leathem & Smith Towing and Wrecking Company. The vessel’s masts and upper bulwarks were removed, her outer hull planking was replaced with heavier timbers, she was widened ten feet, and she was equipped with a large hoisting derrick. In October of 1921, Advance was lightering the cargo of coal from the stranded steamer Frank Billings when a heavy sea picked up threatening to swamp the moored barge. The vessel was cut free and the waves pushed her high onshore. The crew of the Advance was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard, but the barge was damaged. The vessel was declared a total loss and all the derricks and machinery were salvaged from the site. The location of the Advance site has been known throughout the years and many residents of Sand Bay have shared memories of visiting the site as children. Although severely broken, the vessel’s keelson structure, centerboard trunk, and the lower hull from her original 1871construction along with bustle remnants and evidence of her hoisting machinery added in 1911 remain extant on the site. Through funding from the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program, Wisconsin Historical Society maritime logical field school and documented the site in July 2018. The Advance site provided significant information on wooden barge conversion techniques and her adaptation for use as a lighter in the Great Lakes salvage and wrecking industry. Vessel Description The Advance is a representative of a barge vessel type, used for the stone trade and salvage industry. At the time of her registration the Advance was described as a schooner-barge with a plain head and square stern, with one deck and two masts, measuring 139 feet in length, 28.7 feet in beam, and 11.5 feet in depth with a carrying capacity of 366.93 tons (Bureau of Navigation 1871). After a change of ownership in 1900, the vessel underwent a variety of changes over 15 years. In her final iteration Advance was described as a tow barge and lighter measuring 141.2 feet in length, 38.4 feet in beam with no masts or upper bulwark and equipped with a hoisting derrick and other salvage machinery. As described in the Multiple Property Documentation Great Lakes Shipwrecks of Wisconsin (Cooper and Kriesa 1992), barges were simply cut down, unrigged old schooners and steamers that utilized the original vessel’s hull shape with “ad hoc additions and reinforcements”. The Advance generally fits this description. The majority of her keelson structure and lower wooden hull framing remains as in her original 1871 appearance. Her railings and bulwarks were removed in 1908, yet her original hull lines remained. The Advance ’s 1900 conversion to a stone barge was the most prominent change. The vessel’s outer hull was replaced with thicker planks and her two masts were removed. The most