Toxic Lake Erie shipwreck never should have been on Great Lakes, research shows

<> Toxic Lake Erie shipwreck never should have been on Great Lakes, research shows - The Argo, a tanker barge that sank Oct. 20, 1937, in a storm, was operating illegally during its final journey — a trip from New Jersey to Sault Ste. Marie and back to load 4,700 barrels of benzole that is still threatening the lakes eight decades later.