The world’s largest collection of 1929 and 1930 Nash Motors automobiles exists not in a museum, but rather entombed in the frigid depths of Lake Michigan. The cars, 268 of them, are lashed in rows inside and crumpled in a heap next to the wreck of the SS Senator, a Great Lakes steamship that rests for eternity in an uncharted sinkhole about 15 miles east of Port Washington, Wis.
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Ship Full Of Classic Autos Sits At The Bottom Of Lake Michigan
Published September 7, 2016 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 1929 Nash, 1930 Nash, diving, Great Lakes, history, Lake Michigan, Port Washington, ship wreck, SS Senator, steamship, sunken treasure, underwater recovery, Wisconsin
Medical Equipment From A 300-Year-Old Pirate Ship
Published January 28, 2015 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: 1718, antique Medical Equipment, Blackbeard, clyster pump, health care, medical instrument, medicine, North Carolina, pirate, pirate ship, Queen Anne's Revenge, sailing ship, ship wreck, urethral syringe
Blackbeard, the world’s most famous pirate, lost his flagship in 1718 when the ship ran aground on a sandbar in North Carolina. But in 1996, the wreck of the Queen Anne’s Revenge was rediscovered, and archaeologists began excavating the ship. Since then, the excavation project has revealed that the ship contained many medical instruments of the day, hinting that Blackbeard put great effort into keeping his crew healthy.
Destroyed in Seconds [video]
Published January 25, 2012 Uncategorized Leave a CommentTags: bang, boom, building collapse, Crawford Market, Death, destruction, plane crash, ship wreck, train wreck, video