Flagstaff, North Head
North Head is the northern headland of the entrance to Sydney Harbor. All along this section, there are several excellent dive sites.
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The Northwest is a 223 ft/ 67.97 m wooden schooner, built in 1873. In April 1898, while being under tow by the propeller Aurora, she was stuck by submersed ice and started taking on water. Though the Aurora tried to tow her to shallow water, she was blocked by ice and slipped beneath the waves and ice. Her crew was taken on board of Aurora without any life loss.
She now sits in 73 ft/ 22.25 m depth of water and 6 mi/ 9.56 km west of the bridge in Lake Michigan. Today, she is scattered on the lake floor, but even in this condition, her deck and construction techniques can be seen along with her donkey steam engine, bilge pumps and windlass. The stern and rudder lie on the lake floor. Due to her condition and the mild current, she is considered to be an advanced dive!
North Head is the northern headland of the entrance to Sydney Harbor. All along this section, there are several excellent dive sites.
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Joliet is a city situated in both Will and Kendall Counties of Illinois, USA. The city is at 40 miles/64 km in the southwest of Chicago and is the county seat of Will County.
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