A group of wreck hunters discovered two 19th century barges.

In the waters of Lake Ontario, part of the Great Lakes complex in the USA, a group of wreck searchers have discovered the remains of two sunken barges dating back to the mid-19th century.

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“These wrecks should not be here. What is a river barge doing in a place like this? “wonders Jim Kennard, one of the explorers

As he further explained in an interview with local media, the barges may have been built to work on the Oswego Canal, but they were certainly not created to be used for boating on Lake Ontario.

Jim Kennard, Roger Pawloski and Roland Stevens, all from the Rochester area, have made several other discoveries in the region in the past. During that time they have made a name for themselves as professionals who always check carefully what they are dealing with before boasting about their finds.

“We like to do our job from A to Z. We are always pleased when we can restore an individual’s name, unfortunately in the case of these two wrecks this was not possible” – Kennard said

During the exploration and identification work, in addition to diving on found wrecks, the group also used the possibilities offered by the ROV.

The group of divers, who located the wrecks of the aforementioned river barges, has to their credit several other interesting discoveries in the waters of Lake Ontario. So far they have already managed to find sunken wrecks of schooners, steamboats and even an aircraft wreck. Now they have added two wrecks of river barges to this impressive cv.

Source: syracuse.com