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Aug 30, 2024 39 min

3 - Two Worlds Collide

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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.

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