Louisiana Through My Lens - Brookhill Ferry Shipwreck Site in Baton Rouge
The lack of rain in the South and Midwest over the past several months have resulted in the depths of Mississippi River reaching record low levels. Due to these unusually low water levels so really interesting things are being discovered in areas that are generally under water. In Baton Rouge, Louisiana the shipwreck of an over one hundred year old ferry has recently been discovered. The now exposed wreckage is believed to be of the Brookhill Ferry that used to transport people and horse-drawn carriages across the Mississippi River in the late 1800s and early 1900s before any bridge in the area ever existed. According to newspaper records the ship went down in a severe storm way back in June of 1906. Chip McGimsey, the Louisiana state archeologist, who has been surveying the wreck during the past two weeks stated that presently what can be seen on the shoreline is only about a third of of the Brookhill Ferry which originally some 95 feet long. One of the most interest...