Shipwreck Artifacts "Milwaukee" Car Ferry Wreck 1929 Two Brass Pressure Gauges For Sale

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Shipwreck Artifacts "Milwaukee" Car Ferry Wreck 1929 Two Brass Pressure Gauges:
$69.95

Up for your consideration are these two brass ship's pressure gauges recovered from the main engine room of the sunken car ferry "Milwaukee."

The larger gauge measures 12" in length and the dial is 4" in diameter.

The glass is intact in both gauges and the overall condition of the artifacts is very good as the cold waters helped to preserve it.

I acquired these artifacts directly from the salvor who recovered them from the wreck many years ago.

October 22, 1929. The car ferry Milwaukee left Milwaukee at 3:00 p.m. for the return trip to Grand Haven, heading into a northeaster gale that most other captains thought bordered on irresponsible considering the storm was one of the most tempestuous storms seen on Lake Michigan. The vessel passed the U.S. Lightship No.95 at 3:45 p.m. three miles east of Milwaukee pitching and rolling heavily, and was never seen again. According to the message case, by 8:30 that night, it was taking in water fast and had turned around, heading back towards Milwaukee. By then, the sea gate was bent in and the crews quarters were flooded.

There was little concern for the Milwaukee until it was 36 hours overdue. On the morning of October 24th, the sailors on the steamer Colonel spotted a field of debris near Racine and in the following days bodies, lifeboats and wreckage were found.

Since there were no survivors, it will never be known what exactly happened, but it appears that the vessel had turned so the stern was to the seas and with the sea gate bent in, waves passed onto and below the decks swamping the vessel.

In 1972 divers located the wreck ten miles off the Milwaukee breakwater, resting upright in 120 feet of water..

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