Check out these cool and spooky images from kayaking adventures which resulted in finding a 110 year old ghost ship abandoned many years in the past!
These kayakers came across an abandoned 110-year-old ghost ship in a tributary just off the Ohio River. The photos are cool, but what’s more incredible is the history of this ship, and the things it has seen before it’s current resting place!
The slow, choppy waters erratically splash up against the obstruction – an off beat rhythm banging into an island of rusted steel. As the Ohio River flows towards the Mississippi, its waters lazily make their way through the American midwest. Roughly 25 miles downstream from Cincinnati, some of the water diverts to a gap on the southern shore into a creek and up against a ship that seems to have docked for the last time. It’s a vessel that fought in two World Wars, served as a yacht, set the scene in a pop star’s music video, carried one of the world’s greatest minds, and shuttled tourists around the nation’s largest city – all before it found itself left to be forgotten by time and history in the murky waters.
It’s been over a century since the ship seen here was originally launched in 1902. It’s a vessel that has been known by many names. The most recent one however, can still be found in the faded paint on its hull: Circle Line V. When Matt spotted the ship resting quietly in the creek below the road, it was quite a sight to see, even more so once we got to the shoreline and saw things up close. Actually seeing a “shipwreck” was impressive enough, but the full gravity of the ship’s significance hadn’t quite set in and wouldn’t until after we were gone.