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SS Central America, known as the Ship of Gold, was a 280-foot (85 m) sidewheel steamer that operated between Central America and the East Coast of the United States during the 1850s. She was originally named the SS George Law , after George Law of New York.
Tommy Gregory Thompson is an American treasure hunter known for his leading role in the discovery of the wreck of the SS Central America on September 11, 1988. [4] He is also the author of a book about the discovery, America's Lost Treasure, published in 1998, [5] and is a main character in the best-selling 1998 non-fiction book Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder.
Chief scientist Bob Evans looks at gold bars recovered from the S.S. Central America steamship that went down in a hurricane in 1857 in a laboratory on Jan. 23, 2018, in Santa Ana, California.
The current route of US 80 in Texas is significantly shorter than it was when the highway was first commissioned in 1927. [1] The highway in Texas used to run from the New Mexico state line, near El Paso , to the Louisiana state line, via Pecos , Odessa , Abilene , Weatherford , Fort Worth , Dallas , Longview and Marshall . [ 9 ]
While it may sound like a Nicholas Cage movie, British treasure hunters are hoping to collect some very real money.
Illinois Route 84 (Route 84 or IL 84) is a long state highway that runs along the Mississippi River in northwestern Illinois. Illinois 84 runs from south of Green Rock (now Colona) at U.S. Route 6 to the Wisconsin state line at Highway 80 by Hazel Green, Wisconsin. Illinois 84 is 93.93 miles (151.17 km) long.
SBI Route numbers that were superseded by other routes, US or state routes were often reused. For example, SBI Route 61 was originally assigned to a road segment in northeastern Illinois, but was reassigned to a route in western Illinois, sometime after 1937. Illinois Route 72 cross-sign mounted on a stoplight in Hoffman Estates
U.S. Highway 80: State Highway 15: Louisiana: Dallas: U.S. Highway 80: State Highway 1B: Dallas: Cockrell Hill: U.S. Highway 80: State Highway 1: Cockrell Hill: New Mexico (US 80/SH 1 went via what is now US 180 and SH 16 until 1938) U.S. Highway 80 Alternate: State Highway 15: Weatherford: West of Albany: U.S. Highway 80 Alternate: State ...