Spaghetti Pile

spaghetti pile
Type:
artificial reef, steel communications cable
Sunk:
2000 - 2005 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:
39°14.150' -74°13.100'
GPS:
39°14.038' -74°13.150'

Most of the material is heavy 3" diameter armored trans-Atlantic telephone cable; some is lighter 3/4 " cable. Each site contains over 100 miles. The heavy cable eventually sinks into the bottom but makes excellent fish habitat until it does. Such cable has also been used with great success in Maryland but has been effectively outlawed in New Jersey by Clean Ocean Action.

Fish swarm over tangles of heavy cable
Fish swarm over tangles of heavy cable
Fish swarm over tangles of heavy cable
A blackfish shelters in a knot of cable
A blackfish shelters in a knot of cable
Diver swims over recently-deposited thin cable
A diver swims over recently-deposited thin cable, 5/31/05

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Shipwreck Macedonia
I found this old painting labeled "Macedonia" and "1894". This certainly could be the same ship. Another Macedonia enters the records in 1900, just a year after this one was lost.
Type:
shipwreck, steamer, Germany
( at time of loss chartered to Ward Lines, see Mohawk )
Name:
Macedonia is a region in the southern Balkans, adjoining Greece, and formerly part of Yugoslavia.
Built:
1894, England
Specs:
( 280 x 41 ft ) 2268 gross tons, 19 passengers & crew
Sunk:
Tuesday June 13, 1899
collision with liner Hamilton ( 3127 tons) - 1 casualty
GPS:
40°21.418' -73°56.153' (AWOIS 1991)
Depth:
60 ft