Ships under Financial District
Unfinished History
Photograph of Yerba Buena Cove in 1851
1851 cove map closeup. The shadowed area is roughly the outline of Yerba Buena Cove when the city was founded and there are more than 70 old wooden ships buried in the old cove that is now part of the city.
Ships Under the Financial District
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Photo: Chris Carlsson
A ship dug up in 2005 at Spear and Folsom was discovered to be the Chandler, an 1830s sailing ship that had found its last anchorage under the growing city.
These are the finished buildings on the site above where the Chandler was found.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
