SHIP NOTES: | |||
Name: City of Houston | Type: Passenger-freighter | ||
Date Sunk: October 23, 1878 | Cause: Foundered | ||
Size (ft.): 290 x 33 x20 | Tonnage: 1515 | ||
Propulsion: Coal-fired direct acting steam engine | Location |
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DIVING NOTES: | |||
Diving Depths: 95-100 ft. | |||
Current: Slight to moderate. | |||
Visibility: 30-60 feet | |||
Summer Temperature: High 70s | |||
Points of Interest: Lots of tropical fish life, a large steam engine, anchors, rudder and more artifacts than one can find in a lifetime. | |||
Fish/Animal Life: An unusal number of angelfish and lots of other tropicals | |||
Description: |
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PHOTOS: Copyright © 1996 by Paul M. Hudy |
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Boiler | Top of the engine | ||
Remains of the wooden hull | Spadefish | Miscellaneous wreckage | Angelfish inside the boiler |
Looking towards the bow | Two blades of the buried propeller |