Posted by Scott McWilliam on June 04, 19100 at 21:53:29:
In Reply to: Re: Ok, So where are the Model T fords (In the lakes I mean:) posted by Rodrick Majcher on June 04, 19100 at 02:14:22:
There has alwas been a few. The America for example had either a model T or a model A on it. Get what the first diver took as a souvieneer? The horn.
I think the guy is still around, Jack Coglan.
Then there is the monster Stone had, it is deep, he had great footage and I think he did it all on air 250' and it is full of vehicles. He was quite a guy.
Scott
: I have heard a similar story but not on Lake Erie. The one I heard took place on Lake Huron. Same general time period model T's bound from Detroit to ???. The story I heard was that there was a storm and the ship was running for shelter at Harbor Beach. It was night and they mistook the marker light on the top of the edison smoke stack for the harbor entrance. They hit the wall and then floated off and sank. I met an old timer who swore to me that he dove this wreck in the early 60's he even produced sovieners.
: : Chris,
: : I am not particularly familar with Lake Erie shipwrecks but have heard the story and I believe you stumbled on one of those pieces of contemporary diving mythology. There have been a couple of losses in the lake of car ferry's. One of which went down in the Detroit River etc. However, these ferry's carried railroad cars not automobiles. But as the story has been passed around the "car ferry" ended up carrying automobiles, and because the time frame was right they of course became model T's. The account also has been mixed up with other accounts in which ships were lost elswhere (Lake Superior) with automobiles on it.
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: : Unless anyone else has an account I am not familar with I am not sure you will have much luck finding such a ship.
: : Best of luck,
: : Scott
: : : : Can anyone confirm if this is myth or fact ?
: : : : I have heard from several reputable divers, well as
: : : : reputable as any diver can be :), that somewhere at the west end of lake erie is a wreck of a medium sized car carrier that sank sometime in the 20's, carrying model T fords from Detroit to NY or somwhere points east. I have heard this story round and about from several sources unkown to each other for going on 15 years now. Anyone know anything about this , ships name , approximate (or exact) location, I have also heard it has been marked several times but shifts cause loss of marker, ???, anyone ....
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: : : : Chris Wertman
: : : Chris,
: : : I have never heard of such a thing in Lake Erie,
: : : But if you do get some information of such a thing can you please forward it to me or post it here?
: : : Thanks.
: : : Matt,