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Diving the Wreck of the Appomattox

Special | 37m 4sVideo has Closed Captions

Join Tamara Thomsen for a look at the Appomattox, shipwrecked in 1905.

Aired 02/22/2012 | Rating TV-G

University Place

Diving the Wreck of the Appomattox

Special | 37m 4sVideo has Closed Captions

Join Tamara Thomsen for a look at the Appomattox, shipwrecked in 1905.

Tamara Thomsen, a maritime archaeologist at the Wisconsin Historical Society, dives into the wreck of the largest wooden bulk carrier ever built, the Appomattox. The ship, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, lies on the bottom of Lake Michigan less than 200 feet off shore at Atwater Beach in the village of Shorewood, north of Milwaukee.

Aired 02/22/2012 | Rating TV-G

University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

University Place

Diving the Wreck of the Appomattox

Special | 37m 4sVideo has Closed Captions

Tamara Thomsen, a maritime archaeologist at the Wisconsin Historical Society, dives into the wreck of the largest wooden bulk carrier ever built, the Appomattox. The ship, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, lies on the bottom of Lake Michigan less than 200 feet off shore at Atwater Beach in the village of Shorewood, north of Milwaukee.

Aired 02/22/2012 | Rating TV-G

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