The boiler from the 1914 shipwrecked Silver Spray remains just offshore of Chicago in the Morgan Shoal, the ancient shallow bedrock in Lake Michigan. Chicago residents and advocates fear an Army Corps erosion plan to protect the lakefront could harm this rare natural refuge. Read the full story by the Chicago Tribune.
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