Heart Failure

Debris from a shipwreck in merky water
The jumbled wooden remains of the shallow shipwreck Heart Failure.

Vessel Type: Barge: dredge

GPS Location: N45°03.726' W83°22.653'

Depth: 18 feet

Wrecked: Circa 1906

Mooring Buoy Data

Description: This barge owned by the Murray Company operated in Alpena during the first decade of the 20th century doing all sorts of harbor improvements, dredging, and building breakwaters. The barge was abandoned sometime before 1910 and today is broken apart and scattered on the lake bottom in Isaacson Bay.

sonar scan of a shipwreck
Side scan image of the scattered wreckage of the vessel dubbed Heart Failure.
sonar scan of a shipwreck
A diver examines the wooden remains of the shallow shipwreck Heart Failure.