New Lake Erie Shipwreck Discovered: A micro exhibit is now featured at The National Museum of the Great Lakes in Toledo, Ohio, and will be on view through April 16, 2026, in collaboration with Cleveland Underwater Explorers. The shipwreck has been identified as the bark Clough, built in Lorain, Ohio

New Lake Erie Shipwreck Discovered

New Lake Erie Shipwreck Discovered

A micro exhibit is now featured at The National Museum of the Great Lakes in Toledo, Ohio, and will be on view through April 16, 2026, in collaboration with Cleveland Underwater Explorers.

The shipwreck has been identified as the bark Clough, built in Lorain, Ohio, in 1867. The Clough was a stone-hauling sailing vessel owned by Baxter Clough, a quarry owner from Amherst, Ohio. Measuring 125 feet in length with a breadth of 26.5 feet, it was classified as a bark — a three-masted vessel rigged with square sails on the foremast and schooner sails on the main and mizzen masts. 

The ship met its fate just one year after its launch, sinking on September 15, 1868, while transporting stone for Great Lakes commerce. 

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