J Street Wreck


  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Vehicle
  • Vehicle Type: Boat

In the summer of 1984, the bow section of a blue water sailing vessel, most likely the brig Sterling, was discover stuck in the muddy river bottom. The Sterling was built by by Samuel A Fraser in Duxbury, Massachusetts in 1833. After a career of sailing the American east coast, between Boston and Philadelphia, she sank at anchor in the fall of 1855. The burnt hull of a later vessel sits on top. - AsNotedIn


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Particulars for J Street Wreck:
Vehicle Type Boat
Area of Significance Commerce
Criteria Exemplar
Criteria Information Potential
Area of Significance Maritime
Level of Significance National
Disposition Shipwreck
Owner State
Area of Significance Transportation
Sight Category Vehicle
Historic Use Water-related



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 16th May 1991

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: J Street Wreck
Registry Address: At the foot of J St., in the Sacramento R.
Registry Number: 91000562
Resource Type: Site
Owner: State
Architect: unknown
Contributing Sites: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Commerce, Historic and non-aboriginal, Transportation, Maritime history
Applicable Criteria: Event, Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: Anglo
Period of Significance: 1825-1849, 1850-1874
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-Function: Water-related
Current Function: Vacant, not in use
Current Sub-Function:

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