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Industry Database Information
Basic Information
Name(s) C. H. Conover, Industry
Registry US
Official Number 202323
Vessel Type Dredge Barge
Builder Empire Shipbuilding Co
Place Built Buffalo, New York
Year Built 1905
Year Sank 1953
Hull Material Steel
Masts 0
Engines None
Dimensions
Length 99.5 ft
Width 30 ft
Depth 12 ft
Vessel History
Rebuilds Multiple
History See Links below
Disposition
Source
Complete Historic Information Link – http://greatlakeships.org/2901962/data?n=4
Wreck Site Information
Lake Michigan
State or Province Michigan
Depth 80 ft
GPS Coordinates ~45° xx.xxx’ N ~085° xx.xxx’ W
Site Description The barge Industry lies upright and very intact in 80 ft of water in Lake Michigan north of Garden and Hog Islands. After the sinking the barge was originally laying on its side nearly upside-down and the salvage company righted it in preparation for salvage so there is evidence of hull and derrick cabin damage. Visibility at time of the photography was twenty feet.
Model Information
Photographer
Photographer(s) Ken Merryman
Year Captured September 2020
Time it took to capture 30 min
Modeler Information
Modeler Ken Merryman
Date Completed 11-9-2020
Hours of input to complete 50 hrs
Technical Information
Photography
Camera – Canon 5d Mark IV in a Nauticam Housing with an 8” Dome Port
Lens – Canon EF Zoom 16-35mm set at 16 mm
Sensor – 36.0 x24.0mm Cmos 30.4 megapixel
Multi-Camera Rig – No
Camera Propulsion – Diver,
Video or Stills – Stills
Number of images Submitted – 2219
Image resolution (pixels) 6720 x4480
Lighting – Artificial & Natural
Number of lights – 4
If known Kelvin Temperature CRI 90
Light Output Lumens 2×5000, 2×3500
Model Information
Software Used Agisoft Standard Edition Version 1.6.3 Build 10732
Data Format .jpg converted from RAW
Number of Source Images used – 2193
Are these images original or adjusted; Adjusted
Portion of the site covered: Complete
Publishing Restrictions
Licensing Usage Restrictions CC BY-ND
Attributed to: 3DShipwrecks.org
Resource Data in Database
Model Yes
Source Images Yes
Source CC .jpg
Number of Still Images 2219
Video Clip None