Aug. 30, 2024

3 - Two Worlds Collide

3 - Two Worlds Collide
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Under the Waves

Welcome aboard! Join your hosts Andrew and Michelle today as they cover the tragic not one, not two, but three concurrent shipwrecks that happened in 1893 in Lake Huron. In episode 3, they cover steamers the Philadelphia and the Albany after a freak collision in the middle of the night. Be sure to listen in to learn all about a really old double shipwreck that's still able to be seen today - Under the Waves!

This Episode's Sources:

https://www.michigan.org/article/trip-idea/great-lakes-fun-facts

https://www.usbr.gov/mp/arwec/water-facts-ww-water-sup.html#:~:text=3%25%20of%20the%20earth's%20water,water%20is%20available%20fresh%20water.

https://www.glc.org/lakes/#:~:text=They%20cover%20more%20than%2094%2C000,in%20the%20U.S.%20and%20Canada.

https://www.wrecksandreefs.com/philadelphia.html

https://doubleactiondivecharters.com/wreck/philadelphia/

https://ussslater.org/forcastle#:~:text=The%20fo'c's'le%20or,tackle%20may%20be%20seen%20here.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amidships

https://greatlakes.bgsu.edu/item/433305

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yawl#:~:text=As%20a%20rig%2C%20a%20yawl,forward%20of%20the%20rudder%20stock.

https://www.greatlakesvesselhistory.com/histories-by-name/p/philadelphia

https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/The-ghost-dog-of-Lake-Huron-17541744.php

https://www.michiganpreserves.org/thumb-area-bottomland-preserve/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1893#November

https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2001.05.0132%3Aalphabetic+letter%3Dpos%3D23%3Aentry+group%3D12

Browne Bros. “Frightful!” The Huron Times, 10 Nov. 1893, pp. 1–1.