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==Wreck== The wreck of ''Lady Elgin'' was discovered in 1989 off [[Highwood, Illinois|Highwood]], Illinois by Harry Zych. Zych was awarded ownership in 1999 after a protracted legal battle.<ref>''Zych v. Wrecked Vessel believed to be Lady Elgin'', 960 F.2d 665 (7th Cir. 1992), ''cert. denied'', 1994; ''People ex rel. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency v. Zych'', 186 Ill. 2d 267, 710 N.E.2d 820 (1999).</ref> The wreck, consisting of four main debris fields lying in {{convert|50|and|60|ft|m}} of water, has been stripped of artifacts through the years. Divers must obtain permission from Zych and ''Lady Elgin'' Foundation,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Baillod |first=Brendon |title=The Wreck of the Steamer Lady Elgin |url=http://www.ship-wreck.com/shipwreck/projects/elgin |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724083134/http://www.ship-wreck.com/shipwreck/projects/elgin |archive-date=July 24, 2011 |access-date=February 2, 2009 |publisher=Ship-wreck.com}}</ref> and are expected to observe the preservation laws governing historic sites.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places, Lake County, Illinois |url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/IL/Lake/vacant.html |access-date=February 22, 2009 |publisher=National Register of Historic Places |archive-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518140915/https://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/IL/Lake/vacant.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago]] undertook a reconnaissance survey of the wreck site in 1992.<ref name="olson 1993">{{Cite book |last=Olson |first=Valerie |title=The Lady Elgin: A report on the 1992 reconnaissance survey |last2=Gadbois |first2=Robert |last3=Doherty |first3=Don |last4=Pearson |first4=Keith |date=1993 |publisher=[[Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago]] |edition=2nd |location=Chicago}}</ref><ref name="Jackson 2020">{{Cite journal |last=Jackson |first=Misty M. |last2=Vrana |first2=Kenneth J. |date=September 2020 |title="Sad and Dismal is the Story": Memory, Preservation, and the Folk Music Tradition of Great Lakes Shipwrecks |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343565373 |journal=Journal of Maritime Archaeology |volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=261β281 |bibcode=2020JMarA..15..261J |doi=10.1007/s11457-020-09272-y |s2cid=225485137 |access-date=17 March 2021 |archive-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518140927/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343565373_Sad_and_Dismal_is_the_Story_Memory_Preservation_and_the_Folk_Music_Tradition_of_Great_Lakes_Shipwrecks |url-status=live }}</ref>
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