Wreck of French steamship sunk in 1856 found off New England coast

PORTLAND, Maine: A marine salvage team has recovered the wreck of the French steamship Le Lyonnais, a marvel for its time, which sank to the bottom of the ocean off Massachusetts after a maritime disaster in 1856.

Generations later, the marine salvage crew is ready to write the next chapter in the history of the passenger liner, which was built as the Age of Sail was yielding to steamships. In late August, the N