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Whiskey, Gold Worth Millions Found in Lake Michigan

westmoreland shipwreck of 1854 whiskey found lake michigan

Photo: Chris Roxburgh/Pen News (via AllThatIsInteresting.com)

Never gonna give it up: That is the collector’s heart. After nearly 170 years under Lake Michigan, sonar detected what turned out to be the Westmoreland, a passenger ship that sank in the winter of 1854. Seventeen lives were lost, and 280 barrels of whiskey and a stash of gold were thought to be buried […]
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