The 552 foot-long Freighter Chester Congdon sank in November 1918 when it struck Canoe Rocks near Isle Royale. All of the crew was rescued and because it sat for days on the reef some of the wheat cargo was salvaged along with other things on the ship. A few days later a strong storm came through and broke the Congdon in half. The stern slipped into deep water and the bow flipped around on the other side of the rocks facing upwards in 50-105ft of cold Lake Superior water. There are no invasive mussels on the wreck leaving details like the Safety First sign easy to read along with some of the letters Spelling out Chester Congdon on the bow.
The photogrammetry model is 2866 images and took 50 minutes of bottom time and 30 minutes of decompression to complete. - Becky Kagan Schott
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