Sketching out Wisconsin's historic shipwrecks in Lake Michigan
BARRY ADAMS
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Maritime archaeologist Caitlin Zant uses a light table in her office at the Wisconsin Historical Society to add ink to a rendering of the Advance, a 117-foot-long schooner that sank in 1885. The wreck is now within the official boundaries of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary, the 15th sanctuary of its kind in the country.
Caitlin Zant, a certified diver since 2012, was in her element last month as she dove the Advance. The maritime archaeologist with the Wisconsin Historical Society uses a mechanical pencil to draw sketches and record measurements on Mylar paper.
Caitlin Zant uses an ink pen to trace a pencil drawing of the Advance. The ink drawing will allow it to be digitally reproduced and shared on websites, in educational material and on dive cards for those wishing to visit the wreck.
Chris Spoo, a volunteer diver with the Wisconsin Historical Society, takes measurements last month on the Advance, located in about 85 feet of water off Cedar Grove in Sheboygan County.
Caitlin Zant, a maritime archeologist with the Wisconsin Historical Society, explains this three-dimensional rendering of the Abiah, which was built in 1848 and sank in 1854 off Sheboygan. The image was created with a computer and a remote underwater vehicle since the wreck is in about 220 feet of water.
Laminated dive cards showing the history and locations of scores of shipwrecks in Wisconsin waters have been created by the Wisconsin Historical Society and can be purchased by those wishing to visit a wreck.
Maritime archaeologist Caitlin Zant uses a light table in her office at the Wisconsin Historical Society to add ink to a rendering of the Advance, a 117-foot-long schooner that sank in 1885. The wreck is now within the official boundaries of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary, the 15th sanctuary of its kind in the country.
Chris Spoo, a volunteer diver with the Wisconsin Historical Society, takes measurements last month on the Advance, located in about 85 feet of water off Cedar Grove in Sheboygan County.
Caitlin Zant uses an ink pen to trace a pencil drawing of the Advance. The ink drawing will allow it to be digitally reproduced and shared on websites, in educational material and on dive cards for those wishing to visit the wreck.
Caitlin Zant, a certified diver since 2012, was in her element last month as she dove the Advance. The maritime archaeologist with the Wisconsin Historical Society uses a mechanical pencil to draw sketches and record measurements on Mylar paper.
Caitlin Zant, a maritime archeologist with the Wisconsin Historical Society, explains this three-dimensional rendering of the Abiah, which was built in 1848 and sank in 1854 off Sheboygan. The image was created with a computer and a remote underwater vehicle since the wreck is in about 220 feet of water.
Laminated dive cards showing the history and locations of scores of shipwrecks in Wisconsin waters have been created by the Wisconsin Historical Society and can be purchased by those wishing to visit a wreck.
