Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
WORKERS USE a 140-foot crane with a 100-ton lift capacity to raise the wreckage of Neil Gilbertson's 42-foot boat Wednesday from the entrance of Saxon Harbor. The boat sunk during the July 11 storm that saw a flood destroy Saxon Harbor.
SAXON, Wis. - Workers at Saxon Harbor on Wednesday retrieved the final sunken boat they had locations for as they continued to deal with the aftermath of the July 11-12 storm that flooded Saxon Harbor.
Shortly after 4 p.m., a team comprised of T&T Marine Salvage, Cheyboygan, Michigan-based Durocher Marine and Great Lakes Diving and Salvage loaded the hull of a 42-foot 1978 Hatteras, owned by Neil Gilbertson, of Saxon, onto a barge for transport back to the harbor.
The operation was overseen by a three-person team with the U.S. Coast Guard sent from Duluth to oversee the recovery of the sunken...
