One flange, two flange, three flange, more..?

Today's dive was another installment in the recently commenced project to support the investigation of the Kingston Pump House and its associated pipelines. The intention was to get some half decent imagery of the different joints on the pipeline and to look for any other interesting features. Well, having previously noted two different joint types, the first surprise was finding a third. Examples of each are shown. Another delightful discovery was what may be the missing union with the shore-side ducting. Just to the right of the severed end of the pipe that heads off into the Lake, a pipe opening was found protruding from the breakwater and pointing roughly towards the other section.

For the record - visibility was about 40' - less than the ideal conditions would have suggested, but the Lake was pretty disturbed yesterday. The water temperature is down to 39℉ (4℃).

New book on Kingston Shipwrecks...

Jonathan Moore, a leading authority on the War of 1812 Shipwrecks that lie in Kingston's waters, launched his new booklet at the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes yesterday. Priced very competitively at C$ 7-95, and available from the publishers, the Cataraqui Archaeological Research Foundation at 611 Princess St, the richly illustrated booklet summarizes current knowledge on the historic wrecks concerned.

Guenter's photo expedition...

This late in the season every chance to get a special dive in has to be seized with enthusiasm. An opportunity to get out and visit the much discussed Guenter's Wreck arose today and we grabbed it with both hands. It had been an ambition to try and get some photography of this site for some time. Conditions were almost perfect, if you overlook the difficulty in getting water to circulate through outboard engines asked to work in freezing air temperatures.

Long and the short of it was that we got more than 30 minutes on the wreck, taking many pictures and enjoying the sort of light and visibility that only feature in the short, cold days of Fall and Winter. For the record - viz was around 50-60' and the water temperature seems to be stuck on 46℉ (8℃).

Pics of the Pumphouse Intake Pipe and Support...

Here are a few pictures of the structure and intake pipe that serve the Kingston Pumphouse. An interesting site - it's fascinating to imagine the engineering involved in putting this in place at the time it was constructed.