brambor Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 <a href=" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/52/142700539_5269f5c968_o.jpg" width="700" height="467" alt="shipwreck" /></a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_neuthaler Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Very nice, Rene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robweatherburn Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 What's left of the 'Amsterdam'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
working camera Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Yes, very nice Rene. The old girl has been there a while I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambor Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 ;-) but I can still see her hips... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canfred Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Deadwood,to a sailor that is . Good shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambor Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 Howard W. Middleton Shipwreck The Howard W. Middleton wrecked at Higgins Beach on August 11, 1897. A coastal schooner, the Middleton was behind schedule and was sailing at night. In dense fog, the vessel, bound for Portland with a load of coal, strayed off course and struck a ledge in the mouth of the Spurwink River. The fog was so thick that the crew didn�t realize there was a community at Higgins Beach and went ashore at Cape Elizabeth. The Next day the fog lifted and it was discovered that the ledge had ripped a hole in the vessel below the waterline. Tug boats came from Portland and tried in vain to pull the Middleton off. A dew days later, filled with water, the keel broke with the action of the tides, and the vessel was declared a total loss. The Middleton was stripped for salvage, and most of the coal was saved. It has been said that the legitimate salvage crew worked by day and a clandestine group worked by night. The group of locals put up enough coal to last three winters. In September of that year, a storm drove the Middleton further inland. The remains are still visible on the beach near the bank of the Spurwink River. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve deer Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 not wrecked but parked... <center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/4346221-lg.jpg"></center> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael s. Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Steve and Rene -- Good photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambor Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 Thanks Michael. Steve, I love your shot. That's a big buoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambor Posted May 8, 2006 Author Share Posted May 8, 2006 Opposite view <p> <a href=" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/46/142761470_0bf6b442a0_o.jpg" width="700" height="560" alt="shipwreck" /></a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Blackwell Images Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Morro Bay, CA<div></div> “When you come to a fork in the road, take it ...” – Yogi Berra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shambrick007 Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 <img src = http://www.yellowrhino.org/gallery/albums/FishingintheQueenCharlotteIslands/DG3.jpg> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35mmdelux Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Nice Rene. I like the contrast in color. (Bill Blackwell - Check out Moss Landing if you go up the coast from Morro Bay.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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