withly 5, the columbia met disaster. it had been taking a group of people from a social club from pekin up to the heights, the alfresco park. fog,s they returned in the he hit a tree stump, underwater. and the vessel sank. were almost 500 people on board the columbia that night and 87 lost their lives. and it was the worst boat disaster on the illinois river. this is a replica of columbia made by rod, above it, you see part of the whole that was recovered. and it has the ship's name on it. and in front of it, in front of the model, it is a clock that was also recovered from the wreck. ship is still at the bottom of the river. right here, we are looking at sheet 39 of the navigational start for the illinois river. if you look carefully, in the middle of the river, you see what looks like a highway. and that is a highway for the illinois shipping canal. it is nine feet deep. it has maintained by the army corps of engineers. and it snakes through the river. and if you look outside the window at the end of the gallery and yo