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Published on: 2011-03-01
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When the 240-foot SS Islander hit an iceberg in Alaska's inside waters just twelve miles from Juneau, Capt. H.R. Foote decided to make a desperate run for nearby Douglas Island. But it was too late. Water was pouring into a huge gash in the port bow. The stern was rising. The pride of the Canadian Pacific fleet quickly sank. Sixty-five of the 176 passengers and crew were lost, including Captain Foote, whose final words were: 'Tell 'em I tried to beach her.' The newspapers had a field day. Gold worth $3 million was rumored to have been put aboard in Skagway. There was talk of a salvage operation, but for thirty-three years the passenger vessel lay out of reach in 350 feet of water. In 1933, Seattle and Portland house-mover Frank Curtis proposed a bold salvage plan using two lift vessels, giant winches, diving bells, tidal power, and a determined crew of thirty or so house-movers, loggers, and rigging mechanics. Curtis was backed by a group of businessmen including future Weyerhaeuser Timber Company president Norton Clapp, who later invested in construction of Seattle's Space Needle. Accompanied by eighty-five extraordinary photographs and illustrations, this is an insider's story of a two-year struggle to raise the Islander, a record-breaking salvage that focused on a single prize - an elusive fortune in gold. Alaska on the page Juneau Empire - Alaska's Capital City ... ... The theft of a fortune in gold ... lost over a span of four decades. Sunken Klondike Gold: How a Lost Fortune Inspired an Ambitious Effort to Raise ... Taku Graphics - Epicenter Press - Maritime Epicenter Press Maritime Fish This! An ... Sunken Klondike Gold. How a Lost Fortune Inspired an Ambitious Effort to Raise the S.S. Islander. [PDF Download] Sunken Klondike Gold: How a Lost Fortune ... ... Sunken Klondike Gold: How a Lost Fortune Inspired an Ambitious Effort to Raise ... How a Lost Fortune Inspired an Ambitious Effort to Raise : Customer Reviews: Sunken Klondike Gold: How a ... ... for Sunken Klondike Gold: How a Lost Fortune Inspired an Ambitious Effort to Raise the S.S ... in their 70's. We have some silver from the Islander. Sunken Klondike Gold: How a Lost Fortune Inspired an ... Buy Sunken Klondike Gold: How a Lost Fortune Inspired an Ambitious Effort to Raise the S.S ... an Ambitious Effort to Raise the S.S. Islander ... Alaskana 2011 Alaska Historical Society Courtesy Candy Waugaman and Klondike Gold Rush National ... Alaskana 2011 Alaska ... How a Lost Fortune Inspired an Ambitious Effort to Raise the S.S ... Sunken Klondike Gold: How a Lost Fortune Inspired an ... Scopri Sunken Klondike Gold: How a Lost Fortune Inspired an Ambitious Effort to Raise the S.S. Islander ... an Ambitious Effort to Raise the S.S. Islander ... Programming Windows with MFC Second Edition Sunken Klondike Gold: How a Lost Fortune Inspired an Ambitious Effort to Raise the S.S. Islander ... com/sunken-klondike-gold-how-a-lost-fortune-inspired-an ... SS Islander's page! - Nick Messinger's Homepage How a Lost Fortune Inspired an Ambitious Effort to Raise the ... loading for the Klondike gold fields at ... order to continue salvaging the SS Islanders bow ... Leonard H. Delano (Author of Sunken Klondike Gold) Leonard H. Delano is the author of Sunken Klondike Gold (0.0 avg rating 0 ratings 0 reviews published 2011) ... Leonard H. Delano's Books ...
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