Lake Erie
Dean Richmond
    
Dean Richmond was a 238 ft long
wooden package and passenger steamer. Propelled by twin screw, this wooden steamer was
built in Cleveland, Ohio. She was caught in a really bad
storm and, unable to withstand the huge waves, had foundered, taking the 18 people crew
with her.
There were two speculations
surrounding the loss of Dean Richmond. One surfaced right after sinking with the man named
Clark saying he was a survivor. He was
very quickly exposed as an impostor and disappeared. Second story said that D. Richmond
was transporting the cargo of silver or even gold. This turned out to be not true either
when she was eventually located. The salvage operation did take one of the propellers
leaving only one still attached to the wreck.
Dean landed on the bottom at 115 ft
totally upside down and almost intact. There is a huge debris field near the stern of the
wreck and there are few openings that allow some view of the inside. While I normally
avoid upside down wrecks at all costs, I would do this one over and over again as there
are just too many things to look at. The pictures below are sorted in the order they were
taken - start at the stern with the remaining port side prop , then all the way to the bow
alonf the the port side, bow and back along the starboard side.
It is possible to get inside and
swim the whole length of the wreck from stern to bow and back, admiring the details of her
construction and finding little artifacts along the way.
                          
It is possible to get inside and
swim the whole length of the wreck from stern to bow and back, admiring the details of her
construction and finding little artifacts along the way.
                  
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