A whaler unearthed: the 19th century whaling ship Candace in downtown San Francisco
Author(s): James Allan; James Delgado
Year: 2015
Summary
While conducting archaeological investigations for a construction project in downtown San Francisco, William Self Associates, Inc. encountered the remains of an early 19th century whaling ship buried 15 feet below the modern surface. This paper will present the story of the whaler Candace, a Boston-built barque that ended her days in the mudflats of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Cove, the determined historical and archaeological research that led to her identification, and the unique insight into the industrial, commercial, and social fabric of post Gold-rush San Francisco that her condemnation, adjudication, and ultimate demise provides.
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A whaler unearthed: the 19th century whaling ship Candace in downtown San Francisco. James Allan, James Delgado. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Seattle, Washington. 2015 ( tDAR id: 434192)
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Keywords
General
San Francisco
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shipbreaking
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Whaler
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
19th Century
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 578