The explorers have discovered the debris of a cargo ship which was capital in Lake Superior over 130 years ago. Marine Sonic Technology Side-Scan Sonar made the search possible.
The Great Lakes Shipwrak Historical Society (GLSHS) claimed that he initially discovered the remains of the Western reserve using sonic technology in his research vessel in 2024.
CNN reported that the Western Reserve was the first one of the cargo ships to raise great lakes made of steel.
The deployment of remotely operated vehicles verified Shipavrak’s identity, indicating that the ship was divided into two on August 30, 1892. Only one person survived the tragic incident, claiming the life of 27 passengers, including the owner Peter Minch, who took his wife and children for the summer.
Known as “The Inland Greyhound”, the 300-foot (91-meter) cargo vessel was designed to break the speed record and is believed to have one of the fastest and safest ships at that time.
On August 30, the ship faced a thunderstorm as it entered the Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior between Michigan and Canada. It became elevated in the ocean and after hitting the storm, it shattered two.
According to the Visconsin Marine Historical Society account of the Western Reserve Drowning, the ship’s hull can be very weak for the storm to bend and rotated because the era of marine steel had just begun.
Low temperatures, such as seen in Great Lex Waters, can also be brittle due to about 60 degrees (16 ° C) in late August.
Associated Press reported that wheelsman Harry W.
In July, GLSHS explorers located in the western reserve from Michigan’s upper peninsula in July after the debris remained hidden for nearly 132 years.
The Western Reserve was a ship with state -of -the -art technology, made of wood for most ships at that time, GLSHS said.
Bruce Lynn, the executive director of the society, said, “It is considered the safest on the lake, New Tech, a big, big ship. (Search) is another way for us to keep this history alive.”
Thousands of ships have been lost in Great Lex since the 1700s, the most famous ore carrier Edmond Fitzgerald.
Edmund Fijarld went below the Whitefish point in November 1975 after being stuck in a storm from the Western Reserve, which killed everyone in November 1975.
