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Shipwreck lost 100 years discovered nearly completely intact in depths of Lake Superior
nydailynews ^ | June 10, 2013 | AP

Posted on 06/20/2013 4:19:14 AM PDT by cripplecreek

Almost 100 years after the Henry B. Smith freighter went down during a November storm in Lake Superior, a group of shipwreck hunters thinks it has found the ship - and much of it is largely intact.


The group found the wreck last month in about 535 feet of water off the shore of Marquette, Mich., according to the Duluth News Tribune.


The group says it hasn't seen the name of the ship on the wreck yet, but all signs indicate it's the Smith, sitting amid a spilled load of iron ore.


"It's the most satisfying find of my shipwreck-hunting career," said Jerry Eliason of Cloquet, part of the group that has found many lost ships in recent years.


"It's a fantastic find," said maritime historian Frederick Stonehouse of Marquette, who has written about the Smith. "I'm excited at the opportunity to look at the video and see if we can learn the cause of the wreck, to write the final chapter of the ship."

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: History; Local News
KEYWORDS: cloquet; frederickstonehouse; godsgravesglyphs; greatlakes; henrybsmith; jerryeliason; lakesuperior; marquette; michigan; shipwreck
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To: Freestate316

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21 posted on 06/20/2013 6:58:10 AM PDT by Fire137
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To: cripplecreek

They found the Edmund Fitzgerald but no trace of her crew.

There must be dozens of ships in Lake Superior’s maw. Even the shape of the lake on a map looks like a hungry large jawed animal.


22 posted on 06/20/2013 6:58:54 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: cripplecreek


23 posted on 06/20/2013 12:09:47 PM PDT by houeto (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: babble-on

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24 posted on 06/20/2013 2:45:35 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...

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Thanks cripplecreek.

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25 posted on 06/20/2013 7:49:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Invisible hand at work.)
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To: cripplecreek

These are not lakes, they are inland seas. :’) And freshwater has a shorter wavelength, so in otherwise identical storms, a boat will be broken faster.


26 posted on 06/20/2013 7:54:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Invisible hand at work.)
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To: SunkenCiv

What *do* I have to do to convince you I wasn’t at the wheel that day?


27 posted on 06/20/2013 8:16:07 PM PDT by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: elcid1970
no trace of her crew

Wrong. There are two (2) sets of remains visible on the Edmond Fiztgerald. One is present next to the wheel, presumably the captain. Another set of skeletal remains is just inside the door below the wheelhouse. I think that another has been spotted aft.

28 posted on 06/21/2013 5:08:51 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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To: SunkenCiv

The WATER has a shorter wavelength?

Really?


29 posted on 06/21/2013 6:13:14 AM PDT by patton (“Really? Have you tried chewing cloves?”)
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