The caption for a color calendar painting about 1990 of the Morris & Essex RR's 2nd loco, the "Essex", said it was sold in 1850 to the Western Ohio RR and sunk aboard the steamer "Clarion" in Lake Erie, possibly near Toledo. Is there any more information? Lake Erie is shallow enough for S.C.U.B.A. diving, especially in the West end.
(Some confusion, Geo. Hilton in his "Great Lakes Car Ferries" mentions a steamer "Clarion" sunk in the Detroit River North of Toledo in the 1890s.)
(Some confusion, Geo. Hilton in his "Great Lakes Car Ferries" mentions a steamer "Clarion" sunk in the Detroit River North of Toledo in the 1890s.)
