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SS Central America, known as the Ship of Gold, was a 280-foot (85 m) sidewheel steamer that operated between Central America and the East Coast of the United States during the 1850s. She was originally named the SS George Law, after George Law of New York.
Tommy Gregory Thompson is an American treasure hunter known for his leading role in the discovery of the wreck of the SS Central America on September 11, 1988.
13 wrz 2014 · Around 1983, Thompson grew obsessed with tracking down the SS Central America. When the ship went down off the South Carolina coast in 1857, 425 people drowned and gold worth millions was...
2 sty 2015 · Wreck of the SS Central America Tommy Thompson revolutionized treasure salvage in 1987 when he and a brilliant team of “high tech nerds” figured out how to retrieve a valuable cargo of gold resting in 8,000 feet of water.
The Columbia-America Discovery Group of 100-plus limited partners under the direction of founder Thomas Thompson, located the wreck with the aid of a computer program that analyzed data from the hundreds of contemporary news articles after the sinking.
29 sie 2010 · PDF | In 1857, while carrying passengers and gold from California to New York, the SS Central America sank in a hurricane, taking some three tons of... | Find, read and cite all the research...
27 mar 2022 · In 1857, the SS Central America, also known as the "ship of gold", sank off the coast of the US state of South Carolina, along with some new-found riches from the California Gold Rush. It was...
