Monday, March 14, 2022, at 7:00 pm
Part of our “HHUC Inner Space Seminar” series at Hart House.
Guest Speaker: Kevin Magee
This is the story of the Great October 1893 storm that sank many vessels on Lake Erie, including the three-masted schooner, Riverside. Kevin Magee, co-founder of Cleveland Underwater Explorers (CLUE), will tell the story of one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded. He will also share the 2007 discovery of the Riverside shipwreck.
Kevin Magee Bio:
Kevin Magee began snorkeling as a kid in Florida, became a certified scuba diver in 1984, and is a mechanical engineer living in the U.S. His work involves the development of space experiments, including their design, fabrication, assembly, testing and flight operations. These experiments investigate the fundamental physics and behavior of combustion and fluids in microgravity. He has worked on projects of the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, sounding rockets, drop towers and parabolic aircraft. In 2001 he co-founded Cleveland Underwater Explorers, Inc. “CLUE” is a non-profit corporation whose members include divers and historians dedicated to researching, locating, exploring and documenting the shipwrecks and submerged history of the Great Lakes. CLUE has discovered and documented over 20 shipwrecks.
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