Ship Wrecks
Chicago, July 24, 1915: Over 2,000 Western Electric employees and their families, dressed in their finest, arrived early at the riverfront to board the Eastland, a bold and breathtaking steamship. That morning the boat was scheduled to ferry its passengers to the annual company picnic in Michigan City.1
The Dry Tortugas are situated on the edge of the main shipping channel between the Gulf of Mexico, the western Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean. Gulf and Atlantic ship traffic must pass through the 75-mile-wide straits between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.2
Captain Bruce can offer you more on your Hawaii ship wreck dives. On the trip towards the dive site, you will be offered a variety of finger foods and sodas to while away the time traveling.3
The second episode tells how the difficult decision for the world’s first amphibic operation is taken and how it is staged in Gallipoli. Underwater footage of the pinnaces used in the landings in the Anzac Cove and Seddulbahir were also given.4
In these days of increasingly faster Internet access, the place to start your records survey is your favorite search engine. If you know a ship’s name, type the name in quotes to get an exact match or try making the search even more specific (e.g.,”Schooner Good Intent”).5
The Maritime Heritage archeology team will be looking at a few recently discovered potential wreck sites by the coral reef ecosystem division of marine debris divers. The group will also survey areas in search of wrecks which are currently unlocated.6