Post by maddogblues on Sept 7, 2009 18:19:47 GMT -5
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"The Peter Iredale was built June 1890 in Maryport England by R. Ritson & Co. The ship was built for Peter Iredale & Porter and named after one of the owners who was a well known figure in England. About September 26, 1906, the Peter Iredale left Salina Cruz, Mexico bound for Portland. On the night of October 25 Captain H. Lawrence noticed the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, the crew altered course so that they could enter the Columbia River. Strong winds made it hard to turn the ship from the shore and a squall forced the ship to ground on Clatsop Spit. On the ship 27 people, including 2 stowaways, were evacuated by a lifeboat dispatched from Hammond and taken to Fort Stevens, no causalities occurred.
In Astoria on November 12 and 13 a Naval Court inquiry was held by the British Vice Consulate to find out the cause of the wreck, no blame was assigned to the crew or Lawrence. "
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I have been to the wreck several times recently. It is merely a skeleton. Taj tells me that at different times more of it, including the bottom, which I have not seen, is visible. She also has told me she has seen it when it is hardly visible at all.
When I was there the last time I made a video and I saw some possibilities to do something with the light and remaining structure and I came back for that purpose this morning.
The following are the videos I took on the different days.
1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRePwMXDIVk
After taking the last video I had an idea and tried to pull it off. I wanted to show the ship rocking and swamping in the winds. I wanted the viewer to feel disorientated and as if he were sinking with the ship. I am not sure that I accomplished that, but I am still working on it.
2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu6CNLrhxHM
3. This is taken from the outside. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUfpJsOEfys
4. From the ocean side of the wreck. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7NU11g8fkA
Below are some photos most close-up of the rusted frame of the Peter Iredale. There is a beauty in this decay that amazes and inspires me.
After taking the video I walked out to the edge of the ocean and then back to my car.
I found this on the way.
I thought it was a stone. It may not be. Taj thought it was not a stone. I did have in the back of my mind that it was a piece of the Peter Iredale. I think it may be.
I have an idea it would make a nice pendant.
"The Peter Iredale was built June 1890 in Maryport England by R. Ritson & Co. The ship was built for Peter Iredale & Porter and named after one of the owners who was a well known figure in England. About September 26, 1906, the Peter Iredale left Salina Cruz, Mexico bound for Portland. On the night of October 25 Captain H. Lawrence noticed the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, the crew altered course so that they could enter the Columbia River. Strong winds made it hard to turn the ship from the shore and a squall forced the ship to ground on Clatsop Spit. On the ship 27 people, including 2 stowaways, were evacuated by a lifeboat dispatched from Hammond and taken to Fort Stevens, no causalities occurred.
In Astoria on November 12 and 13 a Naval Court inquiry was held by the British Vice Consulate to find out the cause of the wreck, no blame was assigned to the crew or Lawrence. "
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I have been to the wreck several times recently. It is merely a skeleton. Taj tells me that at different times more of it, including the bottom, which I have not seen, is visible. She also has told me she has seen it when it is hardly visible at all.
When I was there the last time I made a video and I saw some possibilities to do something with the light and remaining structure and I came back for that purpose this morning.
The following are the videos I took on the different days.
1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRePwMXDIVk
After taking the last video I had an idea and tried to pull it off. I wanted to show the ship rocking and swamping in the winds. I wanted the viewer to feel disorientated and as if he were sinking with the ship. I am not sure that I accomplished that, but I am still working on it.
2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu6CNLrhxHM
3. This is taken from the outside. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUfpJsOEfys
4. From the ocean side of the wreck. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7NU11g8fkA
Below are some photos most close-up of the rusted frame of the Peter Iredale. There is a beauty in this decay that amazes and inspires me.
After taking the video I walked out to the edge of the ocean and then back to my car.
I found this on the way.
I thought it was a stone. It may not be. Taj thought it was not a stone. I did have in the back of my mind that it was a piece of the Peter Iredale. I think it may be.
I have an idea it would make a nice pendant.