New Jersey Coast Dive Sites (2/6)
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- Type:
- shipwreck, sailing ship, USA
- Built:
- 1852, East Haddam CT, USA
- Name:
- Chauncey Jerome was an early 19th new England century clock maker
- Specs:
- ( 178 x 37 ft ) 1154 tons
- Sunk:
- Thursday Jan 12, 1854
ran aground - Depth:
- 20 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, sailing ship, USA
- Specs:
- ( 180 x 38 ft ) 1100 tons
- Sunk:
- Monday, January 13, 1853
grounded in storm - no casualties
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I doubt this is a good place to dive. Even without the river pollution, the bottom is muddy and the water is full of silt. If anyone knows anything different, let me know.
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- Type:
- Adonis - shipwreck, wood-hulled bark
Rusland - shipwreck, iron-hulled steamer, England - Built:
- Adonis - 1853, Germany
Rusland - 1872, Scotland, as Kenilworth - Specs:
- Adonis - 550 tons, 12 crew
Rusland - ( 345 x 37 ft ) 2538 gross tons, ~200 passengers & crew - Depth:
- 25 ft
- Sunk:
- Adonis - Tuesday March 8, 1859 - ran aground in bad weather, no casualties
Rusland - Saturday March 17, 1877 - ran aground in bad weather, no casualties
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- Type:
- shipwreck, sailing ship
- Sunk:
- Saturday December 14, 1907
ran aground 72 mph gale - no casualties (incredible) - Depth:
- 25 ft
400 yards offshore, mostly buried, wooden
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Modified from The Challenger Reports (summary), 1895
Human populations through time have often flourished near the sea, partly because of the food resources that can be found there, but also because of the ease of transportation of people and cargo by boats. Observations about various organisms and environments were of course a major part of human activities since the earliest times, since the very survival of early Homo sapiens depended on this knowledge to obtain food and provide defense against dangerous plants and animals.
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