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Nantucket Lightship Mystery

Friday, August 10th, 2007

Graham McKay, a grad student studying marine archaeology at the University of Bristol, England, has been exploring the shipwreck of Nantucket Lightship, LV-1 as a thesis to earn his master’s degree.
He has found evidence that the shipwreck, located near the north bank of the Merrimac River in Groveland, Mass, could be Nantucket Lightship LV-1, [...]

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Minots Ledge Lighthouse underwater expedition

Monday, June 25th, 2007

On June 18, 2007, the U.S. Coast Guard began a expedition to search and explore the remains of the original Minots Ledge Lighthouse destroyed by a violent Nor’easter on April 17, 1851.
The underwater archeological survey will locate and map the historic site hoping to find the nine iron “spider-like” legs that were anchored to [...]

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