New Map Reveals Ships Buried Below San Francisco

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I came across this fascinating article and felt I had to share it:

Dozens of vessels that brought gold-crazed prospectors
to the city in the 19th century still lie beneath the streets.

Every day thousands of passengers on underground streetcars in San Francisco pass through the hull of a 19th-century ship without knowing it. Likewise, thousands of pedestrians walk unawares over dozens of old ships buried beneath the streets of the city’s financial district. The vessels brought eager prospectors to San Francisco during the California Gold Rush, only to be mostly abandoned and later covered up by landfill as the city grew like crazy in the late 1800s.

Now, the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park has created a new map of these buried ships.................(read more)
 

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MyOhMy said:
I came across this fascinating article and felt I had to share it:

Dozens of vessels that brought gold-crazed prospectors
to the city in the 19th century still lie beneath the streets.

Every day thousands of passengers on underground streetcars in San Francisco pass through the hull of a 19th-century ship without knowing it. Likewise, thousands of pedestrians walk unawares over dozens of old ships buried beneath the streets of the city’s financial district. The vessels brought eager prospectors to San Francisco during the California Gold Rush, only to be mostly abandoned and later covered up by landfill as the city grew like crazy in the late 1800s.

Now, the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park has created a new map of these buried ships.................(read more)
I love this stuff, super cool
 

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Radio-Active said:
These tombstones were always cool to see when they wash out.
And the glass bricks in the sidewalks are skylighting for old tunnels.
A very young city with a lot of history left to see.
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Tombstones-from-long-ago-surfacing-on-S-F-beach-3618805.php
DUDE! What the heck......man that's rough.....very interesting though

MyOhMy said:
I love this stuff, super cool
Me too, I love history, historical architecture and archaeology with a life long passion - if I lived in San Francisco I'd be walking the streets with a map and a wild imagination. :yes:
And us American's would love to see all the history in the UK! The grass is always greener :yes:
 

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I just came across this little gem;

American Civil War submarine
- that was the first in history to sink an enemy warship -
emerges from a 75,000 gallon tank of chemicals to reveal HUMAN REMAINS



*The Hunley sank a Union blockade ship in November 1864 by ramming it with a torpedo attached to a spar

*It was raised from the bottom of the ocean off the coast of North Charleston, South Carolina in 2000

*Two scientists have spent the past 17 years collecting the crew's remains and restoring the small vessel

*They announced this week they had found a human tooth buried inside a concrete-like mass of sand and mud

*The pair also announced that they had discovered how the submarine moved, using a series of water tubes

read more..........
 

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MyOhMy said:
I just came across this little gem;

American Civil War submarine
- that was the first in history to sink an enemy warship -
emerges from a 75,000 gallon tank of chemicals to reveal HUMAN REMAINS



*The Hunley sank a Union blockade ship in November 1864 by ramming it with a torpedo attached to a spar

*It was raised from the bottom of the ocean off the coast of North Charleston, South Carolina in 2000

*Two scientists have spent the past 17 years collecting the crew's remains and restoring the small vessel

*They announced this week they had found a human tooth buried inside a concrete-like mass of sand and mud

*The pair also announced that they had discovered how the submarine moved, using a series of water tubes

read more..........
That's awesome. I new about this being raised years ago, but handled heard much about it since. Thanks for the update.

Here is a video of the replica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L5mCO1wZrg
 

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Dear me, that submarine is so tiny and the little peep holes must have been a nightmare to use for navigation. Interestingly, several other Hunley videos were listed alongside this when viewed. :-)
 

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MyOhMy said:
Dear me, that submarine is so tiny and the little peep holes must have been a nightmare to use for navigation. Interestingly, several other Hunley videos were listed alongside this when viewed. :-)
Yeah, that thing was crazy. According to the story, it sank every time it went in the water and killed people including the designer prior to it's fateful final mission
 

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Lasonic TRC-920 said:
Dear me, that submarine is so tiny and the little peep holes must have been a nightmare to use for navigation. Interestingly, several other Hunley videos were listed alongside this when viewed. :-)
Yeah, that thing was crazy. According to the story, it sank every time it went in the water and killed people including the designer prior to it's fateful final mission
Understandable, it looks as if it has the buoyancy of a boombox! :yes: :lol:
 

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Basically the hunley was a kamikaze sub being that It had to spear a ship then back away in time to not blow up with it , I guess they ****ed up lol. Now the CSS Virginia aka the marimack was a bad ass sub I like that concept much better , I mean they had a hell of a time dealing with that miserable bastard.
 
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