- Type:
- shipwreck, steamer, USA
- Built:
- 1847, England, as Anglia
- Specs:
- ( 195 x 28 ft ) 750 gross tons, 50 passengers & crew
- Sunk:
- Thursday June 8, 1865
collision with ship Stadacona - 17 casualties - Depth:
- 150 ft
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Steamers (1/5)
Steamer is an early term for any vessel power by a steam engine rather than sails.
Early steamers were propelled by large paddlewheels. "Side-wheelers", with the paddlewheels on each side, were more seaworthy, and therefore more common in ocean waters, while "stern-wheelers", with a single large paddlewheel at the back, were more common as riverboats. Later, these were replaced by more efficient screw (or propeller) vessels.
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The Alexander Hamilton was the last of the steam-powered side-wheel riverboats of the Hudson River Day Line. Built in 1924, she ceased operations in 1971. A well-meaning group pulled the Hamilton from the mud in 1977 and moved her to a temporary berth along the east side of the Navy pier, planning to restore her as a museum. Unfortunately, at the new more-exposed location, the old vessel was sunk and reduced to scrap by a sudden storm in November of that year. The last records indicate that the wreck is still there, and you can even make out the outline on Google Earth.
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- Type:
- shipwreck, steamer, USA
- Built:
- 1852, New York NY USA
- Specs:
- ( 225 x 37 ft ) 1556 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Sunday February 20, 1859
ran aground in fog - no casualties - GPS:
- 40°25.641' -73°51.135' (AWOIS 2003)
- Depth:
- 35 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, steamer ( assuming it is the Creole ) USA
- Built:
- 1862, Mystic CN, USA
- Specs:
- ( 194 x 34 ft ) 1229 tons
- Sunk:
- March 17, 1868, ran aground in fog - no casualties
- Depth:
- 20 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, iron-hulled screw steamer, USA
- Built:
- 1884, Scotland
- Specs:
- ( 200 x 27 ft ) 761 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Saturday July 26, 1890
collision with schooner Zacheus Sherman - no casualties - Depth:
- 160 ft
contiguous but broken down
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from us than we are from them.
Real sharks are ashamed of them.
"Dogfish" is a generic name for a large number of small, generally harmless, and unaggressive sharks, not all of which are very closely related. Smooth Dogfishes are related to Tiger, Bull, and other Requiem Sharks, while Spiny Dogfishes are in a completely different group, more closely related to Angel Sharks. Compare these with the unrelated Chain Dogfish, a "Cat" shark. Sandbar sharks have nothing in common with the others here, except their small size. None of these little sharks is really dangerous, although any of them could give a good bite if provoked. Generally, they will avoid you.
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