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Hull-deck joint on port side, amidships. Note large covering board atop longitudinal hull planks, recessed bulwark, and quagga mussels colonizing the wreck.

The foremast chainplates are visible, beneath which is at least one dislodged hull plank. Forward of the chainplates, a large wire rope is draped over the bulwark, running directly over the port-side name board. The name is illegible.

Chain plate supporting the foremast.
 

The hull is intact from the name board forward, as is the lower port side of the bow ramp. The bow ramp is cross planked, joined to the longitudinal side planking by framing timbers. The bow curves up sharply from the bottom.

 

Looking up towards the port side bow ramp. Hull side is in upper right of photo, bow planking in lower left, joined by framing timbers running diagonally from upper left to lower right.
 

The Tennie and Laura is protected by state and federal laws. At 325 feet deep, little light reaches the Tennie and Laura.  Currents are heavy and visibility is less than five feet.

To learn more about the Tennie and Laura’s history and archeological findings, read the report "Wisconsin’s Mosquito Fleet," by Keith N. Meverden and Tamara L. Thomsen, 2006, Wisconsin Historical Society.

 
   
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