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 |
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Coordinates | 37°46′51″N 122°23′18″W / 37.78083°N 122.38833°W |
Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
Built | 1840 |
Built by | Meigs, Joseph & Sons |
NRHP reference No. | 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]