Posted by Jeff Vos on August 23, 19102 at 14:45:57:
This may help clear up some questions about a recently found shipwreck in the Holland area. On August 8, I dove(with a good dive buddy) on the wreck formerly thought to be the long lost Chicora. We finally had some good visibility and I was able to get a better look at the guages in the engine room. They are pretty discolored, but plenty readable. There are three guages and a bell. The top guage is a pressure guage. Across the top of it reads" Ottawa Iron Works Company" written in script. There is a date on it, but I need more time to look at it. Across the bottom is written: "Ferrysburg, Michigan". The guage below it is a roman numeral clock. The guage to the left of it is a barometer. All the guages look to be from the same manufacturer. In looking for the manufacturer I found that the "Ottawa Iron Works Company" was operating from 1855 to 1887. We have found many other interesting features on this wreck if anyone is interested.