Comments

Put together a book so that I can buy it!!

I have a 19-foot power boat & was creeping up on some wrecked river barges to take some pics. I was probably 75' away from the nearest visible wreckage when my outdrive struck something. It was like we hit a brick wall. I trimmed full-up & backed out. Later inspection revealed a notch in the leading edge of my outdrive unit. No real damage but I learned something that day. Get close but be very careful.

My guess is a radar display.

My hats off to the person who took all of these pictures. You are doing something I wish I could do. I used to live near Galveston, TX & have a 19-foot power boat, but there are no real wrecks around Galveston. Just a couple of masts sticking up out of the water, old trawlers & such. Super super cool.

Hi J.R. It's happened because people cared and got involved in saving what remained.
I believe that Kimco, who is the 3rd owner of this property now, had pretty much bought it for the mall strip and other stores that developed over the years after it was sold the first time.
They weren't into amusement parks. (I'm sure especially one that had been uncared for for years.)
And I give Kimco ALOT of credit to letting what remains be saved.
They didn't have to.
They could have just let it rot, since it wasn't anything that they were ever going to use.
But, they understood there was emotional and historic attachment to it, and gave Clark's Elioak Farm permission to take what they could at the farm's cost.
Had they not allowed THAT to happen, nothing from this creative children's nursery rhyme and fairytale park would have ever been saved. : )

Careful! Carl The Anal Photographer is probably screaming/crying/tearing his last 3 hairs out/calling his congressman because you boarded this vessel to take a killer picture. He is concerned for your well being.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!

People who think they can take better pictures should go do it. We are not the least inteterested in your condescending input about what this guy could/should have done different.

Hey, Carl The Anal Photographer: we are all grown up & don't need you to mommy us on what is safe & unsafe. These pictures are completely AWESOME. I'll bet Carl The Anal Photographer is going to go on some "holier than thou" crusade to stop people from exploring these wrecks. Better call your congressman because someone is actually enjoying their life!!!

Carl The Anal Photographer should go bother somebody else with all his condescending jabber. 99% of most people hate those kind of people. Go take pictures at K-mart.

Come on in, the water is fine. Just step inside & fall into the engine room.

Oh. The name IS readable on the starboard bow.

You can almost make out the ship's name on the starboard bow, just below the railing.

Sometimes a flagstaff is maintained on wrecks for lot identification.

This vessel is done sinking in the water. Now it's sinking into the mud.

Definitely a huge boiler under the main structure. Wonder if the huge steam piston engine is still down there somewhere?