Orin William Angwall or Orin W. Angwall (September 18, 1890 – December 6, 1974) was an American lake captain,

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, and

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. He served in the Wisconsin legislature and was mayor of Marinette.

Biography

Angwall was born in

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. He was a lake captain from 1912 to 1932 and later a

. Angwall served on the Marinette common council and was

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of Marinette in 1947 and 1948. Angwall served in the

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in 1943 and 1945 as a Republican. He was a member of the Committee on Conservation and the Committee on Revision. Angwall was a delegate to the 1944

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However, in 1948, after initially leading at the polls, he was defeated as a delegate. Angwall also served on the Republican party's State Central Committee in the same year. Angwall served as president of the Marinette

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and also on the Marinette city police and fire commission. Later he was president of the Glenwood Pipeline Company in

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. Angwall ultimately retired in Menominee, Michigan.

Boats owned

He was the owner of the

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''Hustler'', which exploded and sank without loss of life in Green Bay in 1917. In 1927 he came to own the flat-bottomed scow schooner, ''City of Grand Haven'', which was built by

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and was originally owned by Kirby, Furlong & Co. He owned the ''J.H. Stevens'', an 1859 schooner constructed by D. Edwards at Milan, Ohio. On June 10, 1927, while owned by Angwall, the ship burned near

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. There were no deaths. From 1944 to 1971, he owned the ''Kate A'', a

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built by

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. He was also the owner of a unique ship: the ''Mindemoya'' (Propeller) later rechristened the ''Yankcanuck'' when it was owned by the Yankcanuck Transportation Company which was the last composite constructed vessel sailing the

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Legacy

Angwall was married to Mary Ellen (née Maguire) Angwall. They had three children, two daughters Margaret and Helen and one son. Their son, Robert O. Angwall, also became a Great Lakes Captain and Marinette businessman and civic leader. Angwall died in Menoninee December 6, 1974. His and Mary's remains are interred at Forest Home Cemetery in Marinette.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Angwall, Orin W. 1890 births 1974 deaths People from Marinette, Wisconsin Businesspeople from Wisconsin Wisconsin city council members Mayors of places in Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 20th-century American politicians People from Menominee, Michigan 20th-century American businesspeople