And the Sea Shall Take Them All - The Wreck of the SS Portland - lecture presented by Herb Adams

This lecture, presented by Herb Adams, discusses the wreck of the SS Portland , the largest loss of life at sea in a single storm in New England history. Some 200 souls were lost in a storm so severe it was forever known as “The Great Portland Gale.” On the weekend after Thanksgiving 1898, the sidewheel steamship carried home a cross-section of city life - immigrants, politicians, servants, businessmen, brokers, infants and entire families - all lost in “The greatest wind that ever swallowed New England.” The city’s African-American population was especially hard hit. Why did the ship sail? Where was it lost? Featuring ROV images of the wreck as it is today deep off Cape Cod, still holding its secrets

1:30pm