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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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The Site of the Lakeland and its Cargo

Date: 11 26 2013
Description: Underwater view of metal frames and rubber wheels of automobiles laying in a pile on top of each other within the sunken Lakeland. Part of the upper...
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Automobile Frames Resting on the Bottom of Lake Michigan

Date: 11 26 2013
Description: Underwater view of two automobile frames that were part of the final cargo of the steamer Lakeland A section of the ship's deck is in the background...
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Surveying the Lakeland

Date: 08 05 2013
Description: Underwater view of two archeologists surveying a portion of the Lakeland. The divers are using cameras, with three or four strobes attached by an ar...
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The Ruins of the Steamer Lakeland

Date: 06 22 2015
Description: Underwater starboard view of the Lakeland. While the ship remains largely intact, it is split in half, with the back end of the ship in the backgrou...
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Automobile Resting Against the Sunken Lakeland

Date: 08 09 2013
Description: Underwater view of an automobile hanging off of the ruins of the steamer Lakeland. The wheels are still attached to the car, but most of the outward...
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Photo Mosaic of the Steamer Lakeland

Date: 07 2010
Description: Underwater overhead view of the steamer Lakeland" sitting on the floor of Lake Michigan.

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