October 2024 video of damage caused by chain pile dropping through the deck of the Vic.
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Site:
Dive site since 1950's Location: Off Rock Island Light GPS: 44° 16.815'N, 76° 1.146'W
Depth: 65 to 120 feet
Bottom: Ledges, Very Strong Current
Wreck:
Build Year: 1861
Build City: Three Mile Bay, NY
Vessel Type: Schooner
Hull: Wood
Builder: Asa Wilcox
Propulsion: Sail (3)
Length: 136 feet.
Beam: 26 feet.
Depth of hold: 11 feet.
Tonnage: 383
Date of loss: 8/15/1889
Cause: Struck shoal
The wreck of the A. E. Vickery is near Rock Island Light. The bow of Vickery is resting at the bottom of a 30 to 60 foot vertical rock wall. The hull runs at an angle from the wall down to a depth of 110 feet. On the deck at the bow is the windless, catheads and pawl post. An anchor chain is draped over the side with its anchor long removed by scuba divers. The large ships rails run down past the holds and mast stumps to the stern over where the rudder is at 110 feet. The two masts lie nearby and continue off into the channel to 155 feet with strong currents.
History:
On August 17, 1889, the three-masted wooden schooner A. E. Vickery struck the shoal above Rock Island Lighthouse while entering the American Narrows with a cargo of 21,000 bushels of corn destined for Wiser’s Distillery at Prescott, Ontario.