Detecting wrecks for more than a century on the lake bottom

The wreck of a steamboat wrecked 119 years ago during a storm was found under Lake Erie, a large lake in North America.

The ship Margaret Olwill was wrecked more than a century ago.(Photo: Fox News).

The Great Lakes National Museum in Toledo, Ohio, USA, announced the discovery of a lake Erie bottom steamship on March 15, Fox News reported. Lake Erie is one of five large lakes located on the border between the US and Canada, also known as the Great Lakes.

This is the wreck of Margaret Olwill. The ship sank more than 15 meters under water during a storm in 1899. The shipwreck left eight people dead, including the captain and his wife and 9-year-old son."It was a terrible disaster when the ship sank in 1899," said wrecker Rob Ruetschele, a member of the Cleveland Underwater Explorer.

Ruetschele thought he had found the Margaret Olwill ship in 1989, but it was actually just a cluster of rocks near a sinking tree. He continued his search, using historical documents to create a search area of ​​155 square kilometers.

Margaret Olwill ships about 900 tons of limestone to Cleveland when sunk. Four survivors must then hold onto the floating debris and endure the waves for hours before being saved.