Lake Michigan shipwreck found after 112 years

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[JoeProBono]

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A great wooden steamship that sank more than a century ago in a violent Lake Michigan storm has been found off the Milwaukee-area shoreline, and divers say the intact vessel appears to have been perfectly preserved by the cold fresh waters.

Finding the 300-foot-long L.R. Doty was important because it was the largest wooden ship that remained unaccounted for, said Brendon Baillod, the president of the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association.....

[Constitution Day]

Oh yeah! As a great tagline I saw here once said,

"If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied."

[Mikey_1962]

did they find Jimmy Hoffa?

No.

He's that big bump in I-94.

[patriot08]

LOL...good one.

[SunkenCiv]

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[JoeProBono]

[Xenalyte]

Have you by chance read Margaret Visser's Much Depends on Dinner? It is a great book that I heartily recommend, dealing with capsule histories of some of our favorite foods. One of them discussed is corn and what's happened to it in the USA over the past century. Fascinating read!

[Xenalyte]

I hate you both so much right now that all I have to say is “We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun ...” ;p

[wally_bert]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Il7Hub5Vqs

[Deaf Smith]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKw8j7GLSdw

[Xenalyte]

You just made the list!

[Constitution Day]

Hey now!! Don’t be hatin’ on me!

Do you also despise “Edmund Fitzgerald”? The song makes me want to kick puppies.

[Grizzled Bear]

Hey, as the big freighters go, she looks bigger than most.

[Grizzled Bear]

I am, I said; nobody heard a word, not even the chair!

[csvset]

From the article you linked.

He said his next target is the largest known missing ship: the car ferry Pere Marquette 18. He said it went down in 1910, about 20 miles from the southeastern Wisconsin shore.

That would be something to see.

[csvset]

More info

Disaster on the Lake—the sinking of Pere Marquette 18 The only loss of a Pere Marquette Railroad ferry occurred in 1910. The Pere Marquette 18 was headed to Milwaukee with a load of 29 railcars. There were very heavy seas and the ferry radioed for assistance saying that she was taking on water.

The Pere Marquette 17 was a few miles away and promptly responded. However as the Pere Marquette 17 pulled alongside the 19 took on a great deal of water and quickly sank.

Twenty-five survivors were rescued, but twenty-eight people died, including two crew members of the Pere Marquette 17, who were crushed when their lifeboat crashed alongside the 17.

[SunkenCiv]

Here are some wowzo pics!

http://news.discovery.com/history/steamship-shipwreck-found-in-lake-michigan-photos.html

[fishtank]

Better video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgI8bta-7aw

[fishtank]

Please see my post below.... the families of the men lost truly appreciate the song.

Video at the link on youtube.