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The E-Sylum: Volume 9, Number 11, March 12, 2006, Article 24 GOLD RUSH SHIP REMAINS EXCAVATED IN SAN FRANCICSO Arthur Shippee forwarded a link to a March 2 National Public Radio piece about some urban archaeology in San Francisco involving a Gold-Rush era ship. There is no direct numismatic connection, but many of our readers have an interest in Gold Rush history. "A construction crew excavating land for a new high rise in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood recently dug-up a well-preserved chunk of the city's maritime past: A 19th-century whaling ship that archeologists believe was buried and forgotten as landfill after being abandoned by fortune-seeking sailors during the Gold Rush. It's the first such ship to be preserved nearly intact, and its remains are telling researchers about the history and economy of Gold Rush San Francisco." "Through painstaking detective work, Allan has concluded that his crew found the Candace, a three-masted bark about a 100 feet long that was built in Boston in 1818. In its heyday, the whaler sailed the globe, and it was likely among the first merchant ships to carry the American flag into the Pacific." To read the complete story, see: Full Story Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum | |
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