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Stranded Ship "Galena"

Date: 
Description: Elevated view across beach toward the ship beached in shallow water. There is a crowd of people on the beach in the foreground. Caption reads: "Ship 'Galen...
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Wreck of Charles N. Ryan

Date: 04 18 1897
Description: Schooner Charles N. Ryan wrecked in a storm north of Ludington, Michigan on April 18, 1897. Possibly a photograph of the crew being rescued by the L...
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Steamboat Quincy Sinking in the Mississippi River

Date: 1906
Description: Group of people stand on pier near the Diamond Jo line steamboat Quincy, sunk in 1906. It was raised and renamed the J.S. There are men on th...
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Moonlight Bay

Date: 1915
Description: A ship lies grounded in the shallow waters of Mud Bay (part of Moonlight Bay), off Toft Point.
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Ruined Hull of Steamer J.S.

Date: 05 25 1910
Description: A man stands on the wreckage of a burned steamer in the Mississippi River near the shoreline. There is a small boat and a barrel nearby. Bluffs are in the ...
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Collision Between the Steamer Atlantic and Propeller Ogdensburg on Lake Erie, N.Y.

Date: 09 1852
Description: Engraved view of the collision of the Atlantic and the Ogdensburg on Lake Erie.
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The Skeleton of the Schooner Advance

Date: 2015
Description: Underwater view of algae and mussels covering the wood skeletal frame of the Advance, a schooner built in 1853 and sunk in 1885. Most of the frame i...
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The Schooner Advance

Date: 2014
Description: Underwater view of pieces of the schooner Advance laying on the haul of the ship at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
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The Stern of the Schooner Home

Date: 2008
Description: Underwater view of the stern of the schooner Home resting on the bottom of Lake Michigan. One of the masts is broken and is bending over the port si...
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The Bow of the Schooner Home

Date: 06 12 2008
Description: Underwater view of the bow of the schooner Home. The port anchor is hanging along the port side of the ship. The bowsprit is laying on the lake bed ...
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The Deck of the Schooner Home

Date: 06 12 2008
Description: Underwater view of the deck of the schooner Home, taken from the port side near the bow. The structure in the center of the deck is the centerboard ...
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Collision Damage on the Schooner Home

Date: 06 22 2015
Description: Underwater view of the starboard side of the bow of the schooner Home, the site of the collision damage that sank the ship. The sampson post and win...
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The Port Anchor of the Schooner Home

Date: 09 28 2005
Description: Underwater view of the port anchor on the schooner Home. The anchor and chain are resting against the port side of the ship near the bow, partially ...
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Deck of the Schooner Home

Date: 06 02 2015
Description: Underwater view of the deck of the schooner Home, taken from the bow.
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Measuring the Remains of the Schooner Home

Date: 09 09 2008
Description: Underwater view of a scuba diver (an underwater archaeologist) shining a light on two liquor or water jugs that had been pulled out during the archaeologic...
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Exploring the Schooner Home

Date: 02 03 2011
Description: Underwater overhead view of the schooner Home taken from the starboard side near the stern. Two underwater archeologists are swimming over the site ...
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Studying the Collision Damage of the Schooner Home

Date: 02 03 2011
Description: Underwater overhead view of the collision damage and the deck of the schooner Home. Two underwater archeologists are surveying the site.
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Kissel Car on the Steamer Lakeland

Date: 11 27 2013
Description: Underwater view of the front end of a Kissel car from 1924. It is resting within the steamer Lakeland, which sank in Lake Michigan.
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The Cargo of the Steamer Lakeland

Date: 11 25 2013
Description: Underwater view of a pile of automobiles and other pieces of cargo that sank with the Lakeland. In the foreground an upside down automobile is resti...
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A Cargo of Automobiles on the Steamer Lakeland

Date: 11 26 2013
Description: Underwater view of a pile of broken automobiles resting in the sunken Lakeland.

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