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Deep in Lake Michigan, divers find pristine shipwreck lost in 1899
Mlive.com ^
| July 22, 2015
| Garret Ellison
Posted on 07/22/2015 6:33:29 PM PDT by cripplecreek
LAKE MICHIGAN — It was 3:30 a.m., and Jeff Voss was tired.
Voss, a tool and die shop owner when he's not diving on shipwrecks, had been at the wheel since midnight, kept awake by Red Bull and the monotonous duty of keeping the boat on course while simultaneously monitoring the sonar.
Somewhere below, a phantom lay waiting. Voss and his fellow wreck sleuths had been patiently combing a 10-square-mile grid of Lake Michigan off Muskegon for the past three days in a modified 25-foot Bayliner; "mowing the lawn" with side-scan sonar in search of a lost propeller steamer that had slipped gently below the icy lake surface more than 116 years ago.
Voss was about to wake fellow searchers Jack van Heest and David Trotter to hand off the boring job when the sonar picked up a structure.
Paydirt.
(Excerpt) Read more at mlive.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; johnvmoran; michigan; muskegon; shipwreck; shipwrecklkmichigan
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Very long but very cool story with plenty of pics. The ship is in pretty good shape for being down there since 1899.
To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:35:03 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:37:54 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
(Just because it's legal, doesn't mean it's right)
To: cripplecreek
The cold waters down there definitely helped preserve it.
Back in 1899, the U.S. economy was thriving. Many ships plied the waters of the Great Lakes, shipping merchandise all over the world.
To: cripplecreek
To: cripplecreek
Very cool indeed. Even keel and everything.
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:42:48 PM PDT
by
Molon Labbie
(Prep. Now. Live Healthy, take your Shooting Iron daily.)
To: cripplecreek
Very cold, dark water. Preserves stuff pretty well. I’m a diver and have been down 100’+ in a Midwest reservoir. It’s way deeper and colder in Lake Michigan. Not my idea of pleasure diving.
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:43:10 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
To: cripplecreek
But still no sign of Jimmy Hoffa?
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:45:58 PM PDT
by
Impala64ssa
(You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:46:36 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: cripplecreek
Be neat if they could bring something like that back up.
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:46:58 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
("Help Me Dad" Kathryn Steinle shot and killed by a five-time deported illegal.)
To: cripplecreek
Interesting article. I actually dove the bow of the Eber Ward last week in the Straits of Mackinac. Also the Sandusky, the William H. Barnum, and the St. Andrew. The guy I dove the Ward and Sandusky with took some video with a go pro. When I can get a copy I'll try to put it on You-tube and post the link here.
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:54:30 PM PDT
by
MRadtke
(Light a candle or curse the darkness?)
To: cripplecreek
To: Impala64ssa
You'll not be gettin yer Hoffa back so easily laddy.
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:59:37 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
To: cripplecreek
she’s in remarkable condition!!
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posted on
07/22/2015 7:00:20 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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posted on
07/22/2015 7:02:48 PM PDT
by
just me
(GOD BLESS AMERICA Amen)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
07/22/2015 7:05:36 PM PDT
by
Impala64ssa
(You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
To: just me
Come to think of it thats right
I should know that by and large ...where the roads are salted in the winter certain car parts ,..seem to deteriorate far more rapidly than those not driven on salted roads
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posted on
07/22/2015 7:05:38 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: cripplecreek
The ship is in pretty good shape for being down there since 1899.
You should go look at some of the WWII crashed aircraft that have been recovered from Lake Michigan (there were two paddle-wheel training aircraft carriers that operated there during the war) over the years. A good number of which have been restored and returned to flight.
The big issue now is that the Lake is being invaded by Zebra Mussels. The most recent (I think) warbird recovery - a rare early Birdcage F4U Corsair - was covered in them.
To: cripplecreek
It’s a cool story, but it’s also notable that this is a very well-written article. How refreshing that is.
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posted on
07/22/2015 7:07:40 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(Tired of unchecked judges? Demand that your representatives enforce checks and balances once again.)
To: cripplecreek
Kewl post. It’s like getting a free education here at FR.
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posted on
07/22/2015 7:09:11 PM PDT
by
umgud
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