US Steamship Illinois wreck images by Leigh Bishop
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Above left:- The bow foredeck of the Illinois
Above left of centre:- Diver Brad Froggat on the deck of the wreck
Above right of centre:- Brad lights up a porthole in the accommodation block
Above right:- Lifting a porthole for restoration.
Above left:- A small pump house central to the deck of the wreck.
Above left of centre:- Triple expansion engine inside the wreck.
Above right of centre:- Mooring eye hole amidships
Above right:- Jo Fox looks into an open cargo hatch.
Above left:- Jo Fox on amidships winch system
Above left of centre:- Inside the wreck - look to the centre of the image is that a depth charge? contact me and let me know!
Above right of centre:- again here we are inside the wreck.
Above right:- A view inside the central pump house.
Above left:- A small ladder leads down into the wreck deeper to the ships holds.
Above left of centre:- Mooring bollards on the stern.
Above right of centre:- Prop appears missing ??
Above right:- Amidships pump house
Above left:- Again inside the engine room.
Above left of centre:- Toby Herbert on a large hawser and winch on the very stern.
Above right of centre:- central deck winch.
Above right:- bow winch
Above left:- Brad Froggat on the deck.
Above left of centre:- triple expansion engine
Above centre:- Broken mooring bollards on the stern Jo Fox again.
Above right of centre:- Jo on a set of amidships mooring bollards.
Above right:- Spare prop under the bridge
Above left:- Deck lights giving that once gave daylight to the engine room
Above left of centre:- Roy Smith on a ladder that lead down from the accommodation block to the well deck.
Above centre:- Another porthole goes to the surface.
Above right of centre:- lower levels of the pump house.
Above right:- Spare prop
Above left:- Starboard bow tip that is now rotting away.
Above centre:- Toilet at the bow end of the wreck .
Above right:- The bow tip

Above:- Winches on the bow deck of the wreck
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