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RYE CLIFF FERRY WRECK
DIRECTIONS: (Sea Cliff, Nassau County)
Take the Long Island Expressway to Exit 39, Glen Cove Road
North. This will change names to Cedar Swamp Road. Proceed north
until the end and make a left turn onto Glen Cove Avenue. Make a
right turn onto Short Drive, which will take you along the water. At
the end of this road, before Shore Drive turns to go uphill, there
is a small park overlooking the Sound. Parking is available all
along the south side of Shore Drive. During the summer, Shore Drive
becomes a one-way street, so a small detour will have to betaken.
CONDITIONS:
The Rye Cliff Ferry Wreck was built in 1898, and named the General
Knox. It was later sold and renamed the Rye Cliff. This car ferry,
which was 137 feet long, burned to the water line and sank on
September 28th, 1918, while at its dock in Sea Cliff.
To find this wreck, divers should walk into the park and take a
compass bearing of 230 degrees out from the telephone pole with the
white sign mounted to it. Divers should then carefully climb down
the rocks and swim along that course for about 50 yards. There
shouldn't be too much of a problem finding the wreck since it is
scattered over a very large area.
Also known as the Sea Cliff Park Wreck, or Ferry Wreck, she lies
very low and is mostly sanded over. One small section protrudes up
about eight feet off the bottom. In this particular spot a few
black fish can usually be seen. The rest of the wreckage lies a
little further offshore. Divers who visit this wreck should not
expect to find too many remains, but if they look hard enough and
fan around in the sand, brass spikes and other artifacts can still
be found.
Back in 1986, we found the brass rudder gudgeon from the wreck. The
artifact was still attached to the wreck and even after several
dives would not even budge. The gudgeon is still there ready to be
salvaged by some ambitious diver.
In 1992, I returned to the wreck with Rick Schwarz and Mike McMeekin.
We were experimenting with different types of underwater
metal
detectors and chose this site because it was shallow, relatively
calm and had decent visibility. Anyway Rick, Mike and I soon found
how productive metal detectors really can be. We each recovered 20or
so brass spikes, by scanning the sand surrounding the wreck.
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Rye Cliff Ferry Wreck. Photo courtesy Dan Berg's Long Island Shore Diver Collection.
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Artifact from the Rye Cliff Ferry Wreck. Photo courtesy Dan Berg's Long Island Shore Diver Collection.
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Dan Berg with an artifact from the Rye Cliff Ferry Wreck. Photo courtesy Dan Berg's Long Island Shore Diver Collection.
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Rye Cliff Ferry Wreck.
area. Photo courtesy Dan Berg's Long Island Shore Diver Collection.
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WRECK
VALLEY III
By Capt. Dan Berg
The most comprehensive, accurate, illustrated
collection of information, photographs, sketches
and stories ever written about the
shipwrecks
that lie off Long Island, New
York and New Jersey.
Soft cover, 8x10", 188 pages
printed in full color. $39.95 +P&H
The original Wreck Valley book was
published back in 1986. At the time it was not
only the first but the only book for area divers
that detailed local shipwreck history and dive
conditions.
Capt. Dan's 2nd edition was printed in 1990 and
became the most popular of his shipwreck
publications.
Wreck Valley III is a
completely new update, expanded and enhanced
edition of the
Wreck Valley books. Wreck Valley's
3rd edition covers the history,
legend, present
condition, aquatic life, and pertinent dive
information on over 140 shipwrecks.
This text includes over 550 illustrations,
comprised of over 400 color photographs, 111
black and white historical photographs, 35
sketches, 20 side scan sonar images and nine
3D underwater shipwreck illustrations.
Capt. Dan completely changed the books format
and design to accommodate all of the research
and images collected in 30 years of local
shipwreck diving. The collection of historical
photographs alone would take years of
archive
research to locate and would cost a small
fortune
if purchased separately. Many of these rare
images have never before been published.
Wreck Valley
III
includes a GPS list of accurate artificial reef
and shipwreck locations. Divers, fisherman,
marine historians, armchair sailors or anyone
with a general interest in history, diving or
the sea will surely find this book informative,
fascinating, and the perfect addition to their
library.
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present condition, aquatic life and pertinent dive
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265 illustrations comprised of 137 color photographs, 97
black and white historical images, 32 sketches, plus one
map. The collection of historical photographs alone would
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