Construction for a new San Francisco condominium was halted recently, when works discovered a 19th century sailing ship buried in the alluvium. Richard Everett, a curator at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, identified the ship as belonging to the Gold Rush period, and said that the condominium site had been a ship-breaking yard owned by Charles Haer. Haer's salvage operations ran for about 10 years during the mid-19th century, and Everett believes this ship was one of those salvaged ships. Photo courtesy Andrew Alden, Geology Guide at About
SAN FRANCISCO / Few clues unearthed about mystery ship buried after Gold Rush / Dug up at condo project, site of old 'maritime junkyard'
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