(Photo courtesy Scott Boyd/OceanGate, used with permission)
A low-tide day like today makes you wonder what lies deep beneath Puget Sound. Perfect time for news of a recent discovery: A local team of underwater explorers thinks it’s found the wreckage of the SS Dix off Alki Point. They’ve written extensively about it here; hat tip to the Log House Museum for sharing the link, which we also had received but hadn’t yet followed up on. Historians say the sinking of the Dix more than a century ago – after it collided with another steamship – is the worst maritime disaster in local history, killing 39 people; HistoryLink.org tells the story here. You can see more of the current exploration’s photos here.
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