In my usual online stroll for treasure stories I came across a museum show in Detroit called “Shipwreck!” I am completely fascinated by the things that are on display and the article is really informative about past shipwrecks. However, I was impressed that these items weren’t found on the beaches, washed ashore and found by people in bathing suits. These treasures were discovered right where the fell - 1,200 ft beneath the surface, on the bottom of the ocean floor.
Since a human can’t go to depths that far under water, a “Remote Operated Vehicle” was used named Zeus. The shipwreck they excavated from the bottom of the ocean was the remnants of the USS Republic. “The 210-foot-long steamship was built in 1853. It survived the Civil War, when it fought for both the Confederacy and the Union. And it survived three hurricanes, though it could not survive a fourth.
When it sank, on Oct. 25, 1865, most of the roughly 80 passengers escaped unharmed. The Republic was eight days into its journey from New York to New Orleans, bearing tens of thousands of gold and silver coins, medicine bottles, everyday items like toothbrushes made out of cow bones, and anything else to help rebuild the South after the Civil War.”
Check out the entire article at Freep.com.
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