Posted by Jim Koch on January 03, 19101 at 16:37:42:
In Reply to: identifying wreckage posted by Dave Carlson on January 02, 19101 at 17:59:35:
: While walking the beach near ludington i came across some kind of framework at the edge of the shore. The timbers are approximately 12 to 14 feet long and appear to be approximately 6 inches by 6 inches layed in pairs . there are about 17 pairs that are connected and they are spaced about 16 inches apart. Is this part of a shipwreck .If so ,would it be part of the deck or the hold. I have pictures if someone would like to try to identify.
It definitely sounds like part of an old boat to me.
Scan the photo and e-mail me a copy at "alchem@en.com".
I'll give you my educated opinion.
On the subject of things washing up on shore, I have seen all sorts of flotsam over the years.
When I was a kid in the late fifties or early sixties I was playing on the beach about 15 miles east of Cleveland with a friend.
He was one of those lucky rich kids who lived in a big old house on Edgecliff Drive.
He brought out a brass diver's helmet which had washed up on the beach!
It was in surprisingly good shape and had no doubt recently fallen off of some salvage derrick.
The currents on the South shore of Lake Erie flow from West to East.
So anything dropped in the Cuyahoga River or the lake at Cleveland eventually passes us in Euclid.
I have recently been dating a woman who currently lives on Edgecliff drive.
Stainless beer kegs land on her beach.
Back in 1979 I was dating a girl who's father was the president of a local beach club.
At that time some sort of massive floating dock or bumper washed up on their club's beach.
It is composed of square creosoted timbers the size of telephone poles and is two layers thick.
It's still there although now about 10 feet from the water and very deteriorated.
Last summer a guy e-mailed us.
He spotted decking just offshore from the Ohio Pennsylvania border in about 18 feet of water.
Perhaps it's part of the long lost Ohio.