Thursday, July 05, 2018

trains... in the Atlantic.


Two locomotives dating from before the Civil War and found under 90 feet of water off Long Branch,  NJ.


In 1865, their rail lines overrun by Union troops, the Confederate States of America had arranged for sale and shipment of the train engine to a sugar plantation in Cuba to raise much-needed capital. Unfortunately, the barge was struck by a violent storm and sunk with the locomotive still on board in 1865 at the Devil's Backbone

http://www.projecteleuthera.org/underwater-sites-1#TOC-Train-Wreck-Devil-s-Backbone-1865-

1 comment:

  1. "Unfortunately, the barge was struck by a violent storm and sunk with the locomotive still on board in 1865"
    Unfortunate for the Confederacy, not the Union.

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