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In 1880, the L.W. Crane caught fire and sank to the bottom of the river. That's what the research team thinks it saw during ...
"Sometimes we find something new that we were not looking for," the Wisconsin Historical Society said about the discovery.
The scan revealed a partially buried ship's hull about 90 feet long and 23 feet wide. The wreck is likely that of the L.W.
Aurora will likely stay part of a study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers looking at the impact of removing its downtown dams. The state and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers previously recommended ...
Researchers surveying a Wisconsin river unexpectedly uncovered a 145-year-old shipwreck, according to officials.
Wisconsin Historical Society announced a new shipwreck was recently found while searching for a different shipwreck in the Fox River.
It started as a creek at Elmore Street in the city's 1889 plat map, widened at what's now Shawano Avenue, oxbow-curved through what became Seymour Park, and emptied into the Fox River with a mouth ...
At the same time crews are removing the Carpentersville dam, drought conditions are affecting the Fox River in northern Kane County, and both are causing water levels in the area to be very low, of… ...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it wants to do more research before it proceeds with its recommendation that nine dams on the Fox River, including those in Elgin and South Elgin, be removed.