A sunken casino boat was discovered in the Mississippi as severe drought pushes water levels in the Memphis section of the river to record lows.
Unlike many of the nautical discoveries in small bodies of water, this ship sank in 2021, after having been overwhelmed by a violent storm.
The ship, called “The Diamond Lady”, was in operation during the decade of 1990, before being retired as a floating casino in 1999 and docked at the Riverside Park Marina in Memphis, Capt. William Lozier, president of Memphis Riverboats, reported at the time.
Here are the images of “The Diamond Lady”:
The Mississippi River, the second longest river in the United States, has faced drops in water levels due to the drought and heat waves that affected the country this summer, along with countless other reservoirs and rivers.
According to data from the National Weather Service, the Memphis section of the Mississippi reached record lows last week, and the water level dropped to 10.75 feet below the average measurement level of reference. From 31 October, water levels are at minus 8.2 feet.
Despite having been sunk for only a year, the “Diamond Lady” is covered by a layer of rust.
“Regarding weathering, brass/metal relics will oxidize over time (rust, depending on iron content), but will also sometimes burnish with any sediment (abrasion). Organic materials can be very well preserved in river mud (due to low oxygen conditions), Simon Turner, a geography researcher at University College London, told Newsweek. across the country and the world, declining water levels have revealed a variety of strange and wacky artifacts from a wide range of eras. On the Tiber River in Italy, for example, two of the ancient pillars of Nero’s Bridge were discovered, while a fleet of Nazi warships was found on the Danube River in Serbia.
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