This is a photo of the painting "Tennessee 1860" by Clements Drew, an oil on canvas showing the S.S. Tennessee before it was renamed the S.S. Republic. Tampa-based explorers believe they have found the sunken remains of the steamer off the Georgia coast which could yield the richest cargo ever recovered from a shipwreck. The S.S. Republic was carrying 59 passengers and a load of gold coins from New York to New Orleans when it sank in a hurricane off Savannah, Ga., on Oct. 25, 1865, according to newspaper accounts and other historical records. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum, ho)
To: Amelia
Maybe now ya'll will get tha indoor plumbing you've wanted so bad.
To: RedBloodedAmerican
the coins - intended to help pay for reconstruction of the South Better late than never.
5 posted on
08/16/2003 5:03:03 PM PDT by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: RedBloodedAmerican; stainlessbanner
Bump
8 posted on
08/16/2003 5:18:00 PM PDT by
azhenfud
(For every government action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
180 million dollars worth of gold 1,700 feet down a hundred miles off the coast? I think they'll go broke salvaging, but I'm sure they'll enjoy every minute of it if they don't kill themselves.
To: *dixie_list; Gianni; azhenfud; annyokie; SCDogPapa; thatdewd; canalabamian; Sparta; treesdream; ...
Treasure ping!
To: RedBloodedAmerican
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