By James Heinz

Here is the second of my series of the remains of the piers built out into Lake Michigan by American settlers so that they could export their crops and import their necessities. Lake Michigan’s winter storms usually wrecked these piers within a couple of years, but their remains still protrude from the bottom of the Lake.  Below is a picture of one of them, located north of Rawley Point between the two nuclear power plants.

Photos by James Heinz

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James Heinz is the Wisconsin Marine Historical Society’s acquisitions director. He became interested in maritime history as a kid watching Jacques Cousteau’s adventures on TV. He was a Great Lakes wreck diver until three episodes of the bends forced him to retire from diving. He was a University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee police officer for thirty years. He regularly flies either a Cessna 152 or 172.