Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Detroit Marine Historian, v. 23, n. 1 (September 1969), p. 3

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rided the needed heavy >quinment and equally Npoed financing. The livers worked cables mder the old hull and srought them up to win- thes on a huge barge. it noon on July 22 they started winching the vld schooner off the oottom and gradually wrought her snug ag- 1inst the vottom of the varge and then towed ier to Marinette where Jerusha's cranes lifted ier into the light once iore. Coins found on ihe boat are dated up M1863, lending furth- 2r support to 1864 as she date of her loss und, consequently, to ier tentative identifi- sation. whatever her vame, though, her re- vovery was a signifi- vant achievement. What vill Hoffman and Jeru- sha do with the schoon- 2r? They're not sure at resent but they'd like i@ rTerig -her and sail ler once more. It would ve living history and tga like to see them U t. They've earned she right the hard way. oo story by Curt Haseltine *hotos by Bill Scsulz Happy but tired salvors pose proudly with relic saa eS ee She looks ready to sail despite a lost century

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