HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 25, 2024) – The members of the Michigan Shipwreck Research Association are still basking in the glow of their most recent discovery that was unveiled to the public this past Saturday.
During the annual “Mysteries and Histories Beneath the Inland Seas” fundraiser, the Holland-based non-profit group disclosed details of last June’s spotting of the steamship Milwaukee, which went down in Lake Michigan about 40 miles from the Tulip City after a nearly head-on collision with another steamship, the C. Hickox, during the overnight hours of July 9th, 1886, with all hands able to safely swim onto the Hickox.
Using newspaper accounts at the time of the incident as a guide, Craig Rich and other members of MSRA deployed side scan sonar to spot the wreckage of the Milwaukee, and documented their findings with a remote operated vehicle. They found the fallen ship “remarkably intact,” considering the urgency in finding other wrecks in the waters of Lake Michigan.
A crowd of over 300 people at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland attended last Saturday’s fundraiser that provides much of the money for MSRA’s efforts.
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