Sunken World War I Vessels Found As Texas Drought Dries Texas drought exposes resting place of five sunken world war i ships in neches river. when the water is low, texas rivers reveal their tightly held secrets. such is the case with the neches river. By david k. li. five world war i era ships were found in a southeast texas river this month as ongoing drought conditions push water levels to new lows, officials said. a 70 year old retiree.
5 Sunken World War I Ships At Bottom Of Texas River Revealed By You would be surprised what you can find in lakes and rivers when the water dries up. bill milner grew up on the neches river, and while out on his jet ski, he made the discovery of a lifetime – five world war i era ships. after the mind boggling discovery, milner reached out to curator susan kilcress of the ice house museum in silsbee, texas. A 70 year old retiree turned amateur shipwreck hunter discovered the wooden vessels, each 80 to 100 feet long, in the neches river on aug. 16, according to the ice house museum in silsbee, texas. Thc sonar data from 2019 showing the submerged hulls of two of the abandoned world war i vessels in the neches river. texas historical commission on tuesday, the commission was able to confirm. The old us 96 bridge over the neches river in evadale. a wwi era ship was found in the river last week. before the neches river runs through beaumont, on its way to sabine lake and then to the gulf of mexico, it runs through the small community of evadale. that’s where a local boater named bill milner found something peculiar in the neches.
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