22 Photographs Cataloging the Edmund Fitzgerald Disaster and the Dives to Rediscover the Wreckage

22 Photographs Cataloging the Edmund Fitzgerald Disaster and the Dives to Rediscover the Wreckage

Jacob Miller - July 4, 2017

22 Photographs Cataloging the Edmund Fitzgerald Disaster and the Dives to Rediscover the Wreckage
Image of the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck. Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
22 Photographs Cataloging the Edmund Fitzgerald Disaster and the Dives to Rediscover the Wreckage
The Edlund FItzgerald crows nest. Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
22 Photographs Cataloging the Edmund Fitzgerald Disaster and the Dives to Rediscover the Wreckage
Diver Bruce Fuoco making the final cutting of the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck original bell stanchions (called a belfry) on July 4, 1995. Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
22 Photographs Cataloging the Edmund Fitzgerald Disaster and the Dives to Rediscover the Wreckage
FILE 1975- Coast Guard officers on a Board of Inquiry inspected life rings that were recovered from the ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank in stormy weather in Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975. AP
22 Photographs Cataloging the Edmund Fitzgerald Disaster and the Dives to Rediscover the Wreckage
The Edmund Fitzgerald’s recovered lifeboat after its recovery in 1975. Sault Historic Sites, Museum Ship Valley Camp
22 Photographs Cataloging the Edmund Fitzgerald Disaster and the Dives to Rediscover the Wreckage
The No. 2 lifeboat recovered after the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking. U.S. Coast Guard
22 Photographs Cataloging the Edmund Fitzgerald Disaster and the Dives to Rediscover the Wreckage
The Edmund Fitzgerald sounding board spilt in two and covered in oil. It was part of the limited amount of debris found after the sinking. U.S. Coast Guard
22 Photographs Cataloging the Edmund Fitzgerald Disaster and the Dives to Rediscover the Wreckage
Life vests recovered after the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking. U.S. Coast Guard
22 Photographs Cataloging the Edmund Fitzgerald Disaster and the Dives to Rediscover the Wreckage
On July 4, 1995, the bell from the Edmund Fitzgerald was recovered after 20 years on the bottom. Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society

 

Sources For Further Reading:

Mental Floss – 12 Doomed Facts About the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald

The Gazette – Edmund Fitzgerald — The Ill-Fated Ship Bore Name of Insurance Company President

Awesome Mitten – Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald

Michigan Sea Grant – The Storm That Sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald

The Washington Post – How the Edmund Fitzgerald Went Down, Down, Down

Chicago Tribune – Plundering the Edmund Fitzgerald

UPI – Divers Find Corpse at Fitzgerald Wreck

Cult of Weird – Edmund Fitzgerald Bodies: The Shipwreck That Never Gave Up Its Dead

University of Wisconsin-Madison – The sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald – November 10, 1975

M Live – Diver Recalls Record Scuba Descent to Edmund Fitzgerald Shipwreck

History Collection – Shipwrecked: 7 Losses at Sea that Changed the Course of History

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