Inscription
"Alas, the whaling bark Lydia which has lain near the old Pacific Mail Dock for so long is no more. With stem embedded in the mud and bow high in the air, she has lain impervious to wind and weather. Her stout oak frames held together by copper spikes have defied time and elements." San Francisco Chronicle, April 10, 1907.
On June 16, 1978, San Francisco's sewer construction steam shovel bit into Lydia's remains opposite Pier 42. Built in 1840 in Rochester, Massachusetts, Lydia made twenty-three whaling voyages in fifty-seven years from Nantucket, New Bedford, and San Francisco. At 329.77 tons, she measured one hundred and five feet and six and one-half inches long. Her bow was destroyed in 1907 when the seawall was put in place; a mid-section was removed for research in 1978; her stem lies on an east-west line, encased in mud beneath King Street, approximately eleven feet from the surface and touching a depth of thirty feet.
On June 16, 1978, San Francisco's sewer construction steam shovel bit into Lydia's remains opposite Pier 42. Built in 1840 in Rochester, Massachusetts, Lydia made twenty-three whaling voyages in fifty-seven years from Nantucket, New Bedford, and San Francisco. At 329.77 tons, she measured one hundred and five feet and six and one-half inches long. Her bow was destroyed in 1907 when the seawall was put in place; a mid-section was removed for research in 1978; her stem lies on an east-west line, encased in mud beneath King Street, approximately eleven feet from the surface and touching a depth of thirty feet.
Details
| HM Number | HM1MW2 |
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| Tags | |
| Historical Period | 19th Century, 20th Century |
| Historical Place | National Register of Historic Places |
| Marker Type | Historic Object |
| Marker Class | Historical Marker |
| Marker Style | Commemmorative Marker |
| Placed By | Embarcadero Historic and Interpretive Signage Project |
| Marker Condition |  0 out of 10 (1 reports) |
| Date Added | Friday, August 14th, 2015 at 9:06pm PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 10S E 553859 N 4181667 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 37.78076667, -122.38836667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 37° 46.846', W 122° 23.302' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 37° 46' 50.7600" N, 122° 23' 18.1200" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 415, 510, 858, 650 |
| Can be seen from road? | No |
| Is marker in the median? | No |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling North |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1431A King St, San Francisco CA 94111, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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