Underwater
Images
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| Visibility on the Denbigh
wreck site is generally very poor, due in part to the high levels of river silt that pass
through Galveston Bay and into the Gulf of Mexico. On most days, visibility is only
a few inches, and the divers must do their work more by touch than by sight. For
several days in July 1999, however, the visibility improved to about two feet, allowing
Assistant Project Director Tom Oertling to take these photographs. |
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The Denbigh
wreck site has long been popular with fishermen; it's easy to see why. The
photography scale shown is marked in centimeters. |
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Part
of the feathering sidewheel frame is sillouetted against sunlight from above. |
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More
fish, this time investigating an opening on the ship's boiler casing. |
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Another
opening on the boiler casing. |
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The
open end of a fitting on Denbigh's machinery. |
