| Porthole 19 Dec 22

THE wreckage of a 120-year-old boat has surfaced as the Great Salt Lake in Utah shrinks to historic lows.

The boat first set sail on the Lake in 1902, and was only recently revealed, as the body of water has shrunk by about half due to an ongoing megadrought.

The ship, which is located just off the Lake’s visitor centre, had been lost for decades.

The hull of the ship is still intact, and it is listing to one side, making her entire starboard side visible.

The 12-metre ship used to sail between San Fransico and Utah, and was part of the Southern Pacific Railroad’s fleet; she was used during the construction of the Lucin Cutoff railroad, but there is no record of how she sunk.