Top Water may have it right
Until you dive this thing and see it up close it's hard to appreciate just how rugged and robust it is. It's a beast-odd tenons cut in it, large timbers and complex design oddities-a real mystery. And that just what I see above the mudline.
The ice harvesting device is as close to correct an idea as I've seen since I found it.
Even without being water logged this must weigh a ton or more-not something I would think would be routinely hauled over ice.
People ask me regularly why I don't bring up the old Model As (T's?) I find or steamers or other wrecks. Many reasons not the least of which is that so many are just too frail-they cannot be moved without collapsing under their own weight.
This thing however would appear to be an exception. I wish I had a barge and crane to strap it up and bring it to the surface then place it on deck and bring it to shore-now that would be very cool. Once topside it could be studied with ease.
Once my ear drum heals I will go back and film it again as well as measure it.
Thank you all for your ideas and speculation. Great fun.
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