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Titanic Survivors

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Description: Survivors of the Titanic sinking with Congressman William J. Cary and his Secretary, Richard P. Momsen, in front of the United States Capitol.
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Sinking Boat Quincy

Date: 1906
Description: Side view of the sidewheel packet, Quincy, sinking in 1906. Only her two upper decks are above water. Trempealeau Mountain is in the background. Lat...
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Sidewheel Packet Quincy Sinking

Date: 1906
Description: Sidewheel packet Quincy, sinking. Only her two upper decks are above water. Trempealeau Mountain is in the background. Later renamed the J.S.
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Steamboat Quincy

Date: 1906
Description: The Diamond Jo line steamboat Quincy, sunk in 1906 near Trempealeau Mountain, then raised and renamed J.S.
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Steamboat Quincy Sinking in the Mississippi River

Date: 1906
Description: Group of people stand on pier near the Diamond Jo line steamboat Quincy, sunk in 1906. It was raised and renamed the J.S. There are men on th...
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Moonlight Bay

Date: 1915
Description: A ship lies grounded in the shallow waters of Mud Bay (part of Moonlight Bay), off Toft Point.
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Ruined Hull of Steamer J.S.

Date: 05 25 1910
Description: A man stands on the wreckage of a burned steamer in the Mississippi River near the shoreline. There is a small boat and a barrel nearby. Bluffs are in the ...
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The Grounded Bow of the Steamer Louisiana

Date: 06 09 2005
Description: Part of the wrecked bow of the steamer Louisiana sitting on a rocky beach near Washington Harbor. Green trees or shrubs are along the shoreline in t...
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Sunken Steamboat Quincy

Date: 1906
Description: View across water towards the steamer Quincy, of the Diamond Jo Line, partially sunken into the Mississippi River and listing to port near the shore...
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The Christmas Tree Ship

Date: 05 01 2014
Description: Underwater view of the bow of the Rouse Simmons with a Christmas tree placed on it. Local divers, every year (typically on the date the Rouse Sim...

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