Lydia (whaling bark)

The Lydia

Site of the shipwreck, which is buried below the street
Location At the foot of King Street near Pier 42, San Francisco, California
Coordinates 37°46′51″N 122°23′18″W / 37.78083°N 122.38833°W / 37.78083; -122.38833Coordinates: 37°46′51″N 122°23′18″W / 37.78083°N 122.38833°W / 37.78083; -122.38833
Area 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built 1840 (1840)
Built by Meigs, Joseph & Sons
NRHP Reference # 81000173[1]
Added to NRHP July 16, 1981

The Lydia is a wrecked whaling ship located below the foot of King Street in San Francisco, California. The ship was built in 1840 and wrecked in 1907.[2] San Francisco was later built up over the site of the wreck, and it was not rediscovered until a sewer construction project unearthed the remains in 1980. The shipwreck included an intact case of twenty-four bottles of ginger beer brewed by A.S. Watson & Co.[3] The shipwreck was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981, and a plaque marking the site was placed in 2005.[1][4]

Plaque marking the exact site of the ship

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Abandoned Shipwreck Act Guidelines Part IV. Shipwrecks in the National Register of Historic Places". National Park Service. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  3. ↑ Filion, Ron S. "Buried Ships". San Francisco Genealogy. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Embarcadero Historic and Interpretive Signage Project (San Francisco, Calif.): Detail of "Ghost Ship Lydia" bronze relief in pavement". WorldCat. Retrieved September 27, 2014.

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