Train Wreck, Sturgeon Bay - 1943

Photograph

Door County Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Train Wreck, Sturgeon Bay - 1943

Entry/Object ID

2001.02.0035

Description

Train wreck in Sturgeon Bay in Feb. of 1943. The roll-over occurred on the west side of Sturgeon Bay in about the area where the West Side Fire Station on Oxford Ave. is today (2001). This photo shows locomotive #351 laying on it's side.

Collection

Door County Archives Photo Collection

Cataloged By

Sally Treichel

Acquisition

Accession

2001.02

Source or Donor

Door County Historical Society - Purchases, etc.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Place

Location

Sturgeon Bay/Door/WI

Notes

Date: Feb. 1943

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Train, Wreck, Sturgeon Bay

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

01.0051

Dimensions

Height

5 in

Width

7 in

Location

Building

Office/Photo File

Date

September 26, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Notes: Computer generated print scanned from a 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" print owned by Cyril "Butch" Moeller. Status: OK

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

March 20, 2001

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

August 29, 2026