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Hello,
Come join the UASC (Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago) for our next meeting on Wednesday, February 26th, at the Chicago Maritime Museum, 1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL. This is in the Bridgeport Art Center Building. Enter at the door under the awning that says North Entrance off the north parking lot and go downstairs. We will start the meeting at 7:00pm.
This month we will have Diana Gerberich as our guest speaker. Her presentation is titled;
Predicting High-Risk Shipwreck Areas off the Coast of Massachusetts
This project uses Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to highlight areas with high shipwreck potential. It analyzes more than 10 geographic factors including bathymetry, wind speed, and obstructions and combines them into one relative risk value. The result is a map displaying predicted shipwreck risk areas in Massachusetts waters.
Diana Gerberich is a 2018 graduate of Harvard College with a degree in Archaeology & Social Anthropology. She discovered her love of shipwrecks while taking a maritime archaeology course at Harvard. This then led her to complete a summer internship with the Navy's Underwater Archaeology Branch at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. In addition to shipwrecks, she is passionate about GIS, geography, and maps. A native of western Massachusetts, Diana moved to Chicago in September 2018 and has taken up an interest in the shipwrecks of the Great Lakes ever since.
See you there,
Colin Bertling
UASC President
The UASC meets the last Wednesday of each month at the Chicago Maritime Museum located at 1200 West 35th Street, Suite OE5010, Chicago, IL 60609. Free event, ALL ARE WELCOME. Refreshments 6:30, Business 7:00, Speaker 8:00
Hello,
Come join the UASC (Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago) for our next meeting on Wednesday, January 29th, at the Chicago Maritime Museum, 1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL. This is in the Bridgeport Art Center Building. Enter at the door under the awning that says North Entrance off the north parking lot and go downstairs. We will start the meeting at 7:00pm.
This month we will enjoy one of our video productions from the UASC archive. As we have a few to choose from, we will need your help to decide which to air. Come on up this Wednesday to cast your vote and help us kick off a great start to 2020!
See you there,
Colin Bertling
UASC President
The UASC meets the last Wednesday of each month at the Chicago Maritime Museum located at 1200 West 35th Street, Suite OE5010, Chicago, IL 60609. Free event, ALL ARE WELCOME. Refreshments 6:30, Business 7:00, Speaker 8:00
Hello,
Come join the UASC (Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago) for our next meeting on Wednesday, November 20th, at the Chicago Maritime Museum, 1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL. This is in the Bridgeport Art Center Building. Enter at the door under the awning that says North Entrance off the north parking lot and go downstairs. We will start the meeting at 7:00pm.
Our speaker this month, Kimm Stabelfeldt, will present his fieldwork and survey of the remains of Milwaukee’s historic Fireboat Number 23. Built at Sturgeon Bay in 1896 as the August F. Janssen, she was a landmark on the Milwaukee waterfront and participated in several notable fires over her 27 year career. She was a wooden tug of 100 ft in length with massive boilers to power her firefighting equipment. The 23 was scrapped in 1922 and scuttled in Lake Michigan on July 27, 1923. In 2005, her remains were located a few miles off Milwaukee Harbor by area charter captain Jerry Guyer.
Mr. Stabelfeldt held one of the largest private collections of Great Lakes books and ephemera in Wisconsin. In 2014 he donated it to the Wisconsin Historical Society. He is the author of seven Great Lakes dive guides. Mr. Stabelfeldt’s work has been published in numerous periodicals. He was a Director of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Research Foundation, Inc. which held the annual Ghost Ships Festival each year in Milwaukee. He is the Director of Great Lakes Shipwreck Archaeology. Great Lakes Shipwreck Archeology is a group of volunteer divers interested in archeology on shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. He also holds memberships in all Great Lakes Historical Societies. A certified Extended Tri Mix diver, Mr. Stabelfeldt was the president of Adventure Diving, Inc., a Great Lakes shipwreck dive charter service, and retired as President of DBD Consulting. He holds degrees in Business and Computer Science and was an executive business consultant.
See you there,
Colin Bertling
UASC President
The UASC meets the last Wednesday of each month at the Chicago Maritime Museum located at 1200 West 35th Street, Suite OE5010, Chicago, IL 60609. Free event, ALL ARE WELCOME. Refreshments 6:30, Business 7:00, Speaker 8:00
Hello,
Come join the UASC (Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago) for our next meeting, this Wednesday, October 30th, at the Chicago Maritime Museum, 1200 W 35th St, Chicago, IL. This is in the Bridgeport Art Center Building. Enter at the door under the awning that says North Entrance off the north parking lot and go downstairs. We will start the meeting at 7:00pm.
Our speaker this month, Phil Hehn, will present on the railroad carferry services that once were a vital step in shipping across Lake Michigan. He will bring the experience of the railroad carferry services to life through video shot in the 1950’s, 60’s, and 70’s. Come and enjoy these highlights of the last era of lake shipping operations. The C&O, C&NW, AA and GB&W railways made this freshwater highway move. By breaking up lanes in the ice, the rail car ferry, Viking, helped keep service going even through the colder months. Come see and hear what it was all about!
See you there,
Colin Bertling
UASC President
The UASC meets the last Wednesday of each month at the Chicago Maritime Museum located at 1200 West 35th Street, Suite OE5010, Chicago, IL 60609. Free event, ALL ARE WELCOME. Refreshments 6:30, Business 7:00, Speaker 8:00
The UASC meets the last Wednesday of each month at the Chicago Maritime Museum located at 1200 West 35th Street, Suite OE5010, Chicago, IL 60609. Free event, ALL ARE WELCOME. Refreshments 6:30, Business 7:00, Speaker 8:00