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SS Egypt gold & silver ship found in 1931....
SS Egypt gold & silver ship found in 1931....
Item # 724918
November 02, 1931
THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 2, 1931
* SS Egypt ocean liner found
* Gold & silver salvage fame
* English Channel deep diving
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Divers Find Liner's $5,000,000 Bullion Intact; Reach Egypt's Cargo After Three-year Effort" (see)
Complete with all 40 pages, rag edition in very nice condition.
background: The salvage of the SS Egypt reached a critical turning point in late 1931 as the crew of the Italian vessel Artiglio II defied the limitations of 1930s technology to access a "fortune in the deep." Following the tragic loss of the original salvage ship and its crew the previous year, the 1931 season was a grueling test of endurance where divers, encased in a revolutionary steel observation bell known as the Torretta Butoscopica, directed crane operators from 400 feet below the surface. By November 1, 1931, after months of using controlled underwater explosions to blast through seven layers of steel decking, the salvors had finally breached the ship’s structure to reach the roof of the bullion room. Although the onset of winter storms forced a temporary halt just as they were on the verge of the vault, the progress made during this specific window proved that deep-sea recovery was no longer a fantasy, setting the stage for the historic haul of over five tons of gold and silver that began the following spring.
Category: The 20th Century
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