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The Westmoreland sank in 1854 on its way to deliver whisky and provisions to a U.S. Army garrison on Lake Michigan. It had 288 barrels of corn whisky aboard and about $100,00 in gold coins, which now would be worth about $20 million. The whiskey alone could be worth as much as $800 million. They found the wreck in 2010, but now it's a matter of getting approval to look in the cargo hold and bring artifacts up.
Was thinking about how cool the Titanic wreck would be if the funnels had stayed intact - got me thinking, has it happened?