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Title: Fun Fact #23
Post by: pktaske on August 04, 2007, 11:27:45 AM

Did you know: In 1863, the pilotboat William J. Romer sank near the entrance to New York Harbor. Since that time the shoals located near the place where she went down have been known as Romer Shoals. Even before the sinking, mariners were well acquainted with this shallow area. In fact, the Lighthouse Service had erected a daymark on the shoal in 1838.

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Post by: IrishAyes on August 04, 2007, 11:35:36 AM

I like to know how certain places got their name, etc.  Great info.  Thanks for sharing.   t^

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Post by: hareball on August 04, 2007, 11:54:03 AM

Quote from: IrishAyes on August 04, 2007, 11:35:36 AM

I like to know how certain places got their name, etc.  Great info.  Thanks for sharing.   t^

whs

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Post by: pilot2550 on August 04, 2007, 12:22:26 PM

Great stuff!  Keep it coming.

Pilot

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Post by: ped579 on August 04, 2007, 12:51:03 PM

Thanks pk,

This area is loaded with all types of interesting little facts like that maybe we could compile more facts and keep this tread going.  That would be cool. TT^

Happy Catching

Paul

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Post by: Skolmann on August 05, 2007, 08:32:41 AM

Cool stuff  t^

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Post by: CapBob on August 05, 2007, 08:35:28 AM

Great job, love to here facts like that t^

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Post by: mboy on August 05, 2007, 09:23:43 AM

Very Nice. here is another interesting one I read earlier this am when I couldn't sleep-

From the NJ Scuba Diver website:

The outward-bound Scotland ran down the much smaller in-bound Kate Dyer about sixty miles out of New York harbor. The Kate Dyer sank immediately, taking 13 of her 27 crew with her. The mortally wounded Scotland paused just long enough to pick up survivors from the sunken vessel, and then turned around and ran for New York. By the time she made it to the harbor approaches, the Scotland was foundering, so her captain ran her aground on a shoal off Atlantic Highlands rather than risk sinking in the channel.

A two-day storm broke the iron hull before she could be salvaged, and the Scotland was abandoned. The wreck was blasted literally flat by the government, but not for two years, during which time she posed a great danger to other vessels, so a lightship was placed to mark the location at night. After the wreck was demolished, the lightship was moved further offshore to mark the shoal, and later replaced by a buoy, which remains to this day - the Scotland Buoy. The lawsuits went on for decades.

While the Scotland is probably no more than a rusty smudge on the bottom, the Kate Dyer is still out there somewhere, waiting to be identified.

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Post by: ped579 on August 05, 2007, 04:34:07 PM

Good stuff.  Keep em coming. 

Happy Catching

Paul

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Post by: Capt. Ed on August 05, 2007, 09:59:03 PM

I love that kind of stuff.

Post it up!

Capt. Ed

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Post by: CapBob on August 05, 2007, 10:02:53 PM

Brovo, Brovo.....love it w0w