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Stellwagen Bank

ROV inspects a shipwreck in the Stellwagen Bank Marine Sanctuary

Marine Imaging Technologies’ ROV inspects a shipwreck in the Stellwagen Bank Marine Sanctuary. (Photo by Marine Imaging Technologies, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

The shallow waters of Stellwagen Bank create treacherous conditions that change unexpectedly and have led to numerous shipwrecks that dot the seafloor. One of these is the wreck of the steamship Portland, sometimes known as the “Titanic of New England,” which sank in an infamous gale of November 1898 named after the ship.

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