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CAPITOL CITY

 | By Seamus on 4/17/2012 10:18:27 AM | Views (353)
Attributes
RECRD
7696

VESSLTERMS
CAPITOL CITY

FEATURE_TYPE
Wreck - Submerged, dangerous to surface navigation

LATDEC
40.943333

LONDEC
-73.678069

GP_QUALITY
Med

DEPTH
0

SOUNDING_TYPE


YEARSUNK


HISTORY

HISTORY
CL1095/86--PRIVATE DIVER; LORAN C COORDINATES PROVIDED BY MR. ì
LADA SIMEK, 57 SOUTH HIGHLAND AVENUE, OSSINING, N.Y. 10562, TEL ì
NO 914-941-0610; 9960-X 26922.6, 9960-Y 43968.8; COMPUTED ì
POSITION: LAT 40-56-57.43N, LONG 73-40-45.82W; IDENTIFIED AS ì
THE REMAINS OF THE WRECK OF THE CAPITOL CITY WHICH RAN AGROUND IN ì
1886 AT PARSONAGE POINT, RYE, N.Y. (ENTERED MSM 4/90)

H10559/94-- OPR-B285-AHP; AREA OF SEARCH IS ROCKY AND FOUL. ES INVESTIGATION NEGATIVE. CONTACT WITH THE GREENWICH, CT POLICE DEPT. REVEALED THAT RICHARD TARACKA HAD RETIRED AND MOVED TO FLORIDA AND COULD NOT BE REACHED. OFFICER JEFFERY CALDWELL,A MEMBER OF THE POLICE DIVE TEAM, WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE WRECK. CONTACT WAS THEN MADE WITH LOCAL DIVER AND INSTRUCTOR LADA SIMEK, 57 SOUTH HIGHLAND AVE. OSSINING, NY 10562. MR. SIMEK INDICATED THE WRECK WAS LOCATED IN LAT. 40-56-36N, LONG. 73-41-05W. AN ES INVESTIGATION IN THIS AREA WAS NEGATIVE WITH THE SAME BOTTOM CONDITIONS HAMPERING THE SEARCH. MR. SIMEK ALSO NOTED THAT THE "CITY OF HARTFORD" (AWOIS 7680)AND "CAPITOL CITY" ARE THE SAME VESSEL. NAME CHANGE OCCURED AFTER A REFURBISHMENT. VESSEL SANK IN APRIL 1888. 205 FEET LONG AND CONSTRUCTED OF WOOD. MR. SIMEK ALSO INDICATED THAT THE WRECK IS PARTIALLY BURIED UNDER THE ROCK JETTY AT PARSONAGE POINT. IN APPROX. 16 TO 18 FEET OF WATER WITH WOODEN BEAMS EXTENDING UPWARD .5 TO 1.0 FEET OFF THE BOTTOM. HYDROGRAPHER FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF WRECK. LD OF 5 FEET FROM MR. SIMEK. EVALUATOR RECOMMENDS NO CHARTING ACTION. WRECK IS NOT PRESENTLY CHARTED AND POSITION FALLS INSIDE FOUL LIMITS. (UP 11/18/04, SJV)

Structure Information

CAPITOL CITY is a fishing spot. A shipwreck or wreckage from a sunken vessel is located at this spot. This spot is known to contain ledges and/or rocks that attract fish.

Fishing Spot

Rock

Shipwreck

This fishing spot was added to the database on 4/17/2012 10:18:27 AM by Seamus and last updated on 4/17/2012 10:18:27 AM.


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