Here's an old story, almost 30 years old to be exact. It's a story of one man's determination and how he was able to enlist the support of a multitude of experts in many disparate fields of science and engineering. A young engineer from Defiance, Ohio, hears of a sunken ship with untold riches aboard. The ship, the SS Central America, sunk with most of her 500 passengers off the North Carolina coast in 1857. She carried what was believed to be $1,500,000 in gold coins and gold bullion. No one knew where it exactly was located. Tommy Thompson, a 33 year old engineer would look for it.
He looked for a few years, working during the summer season on the Atlantic Ocean about 200 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras. After months of searching over several years, his efforts were rewarded with the discovery of the wreck in 8000' of ocean waters, spread over hundreds of yards of flat sea bottom.
His task: develop the technology and expertise to achieve what nobody had done until that time.
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Lake Tahoe, California's Alpine playground, is anchored on the west shore by Homewood/Tahoma, straddling two counties:Placer and El Dorado. The mayor of Tahoma posts information related to the area and items of interest to residents and visitors alike. Its goal is to be informative, humorous, and timely. Hope you enjoy the site.
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