Manitowoc, WI, USA
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N 44° 07.406 W 087° 37.243
16T E 450337 N 4885769
The city of Manitowoc is the county seat of Manitowoc County, WI, USA with a population of 33,736 according to the 2010 census.
Waymark Code: WMF6YR
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 09/02/2012
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Manitowoc is home to the Wisconsin Maritime Museum, and is one endpoint of the ferry route of the SS Badger, which connects U.S. Route 10 to Ludington, Michigan.
In 1838, an act of the Territorial Legislature separated Manitowoc County from Brown County, keeping the native name for the region. Manitowoc was chartered as a village on March 6, 1851 and on March 12, 1870 was incorporated as a city.
On September 5, 1962, a 20-pound piece of the 7-ton Sputnik 4 crashed on North 8th Street. Sputnik 4 was a USSR satellite that had a bug in the guidance system and had pointed the capsule in the wrong direction. A cast was made from the original piece before the Soviets claimed it, and the cast is on displayed at the Rahr West Art Museum. To celebrate the city held the first Sputnikfest in 2008.
Address: 2160 Memorial Dr. (SW)
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