In August, anticipating the likelihood of a slow repair season, Bay Ship announced that it might have to lay off as many as 405 workers if work didn’t come through. ![]() That meant they weren’t getting beat up on the lake, collecting the wear and tear for the workers of Bay Shipbuilding Company (known simply as Bay Ship to locals) to fix over the winter. Ships that were once rushed into service as soon as the ice would allow were kept in port all summer because the demand for iron ore, coal, and stone plummeted. When customers couldn’t secure the credit to purchase the big ships and yachts that Sturgeon Bay is famous for and the world economy slowed to a crawl, the ship traffic on the Great Lakes slowed by a third. There were no gleaming towers full of suits losing jobs, no corporate headquarters being emptied.īut the ripples that originated with a splash on Wall Street eventually made it through the narrow Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal. The financial crisis that shocked the world in the fall of 2008 didn’t initially hit hard here. Most of the time, Door County seems insulated from the highs and lows of the larger world. ![]() ![]() Today, those crowds are rare, with tourist and service industry workers more common. The Red Room used to be crowded with shipyard workers first thing in the morning when the third shift ended.
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