More than 150 years after it sank in Lake Erie, the stone-hauling sailing vessel the Clough has been positively identified, the National Museum of the Great Lakes (NMGL) announced Wednesday. The Cleveland Underwater Explorers (CLUE) worked with the support of NMGL to identify the vessel, classified as a “bark” – a three-masted vessel rigged with square sails on the foremast, and schooner sails on the main and mizzen masts. Read the full story by WTOL-TV – Toledo, OH.
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