Overview
- Shipwreck World reports Paul Ehorn’s team located the 217-foot vessel in October 2022 about 20 miles offshore between Racine and Kenosha, Wisconsin.
- Ehorn says the hull rests upright with oak interiors in good condition, though quagga mussels blanket the exterior and the upper cabins are gone.
- A clue from wreck hunter Ross Richardson helped narrow the search grid, and side-scan sonar identified the wreck in about two hours.
- The steamer sank on Oct. 13, 1872 during a gale after uncontrolled flooding; one lifeboat capsized on the way to shore, killing eight people.
- The discovery is Ehorn’s 15th confirmed shipwreck find and will be presented at the Ghost Ships Festival in Manitowoc, Wisconsin on March 7.