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SS Lyman Stewart Shipwreck Apr 15, 1926

Mile Rock Beach, Lands End. Three and half years after running aground, the tanker SS Lyman Stewart sits in the surf covered with graffiti. The ship would stay there until around 1938. Helmet Rock at right. DPW [10309 4-15-26 Mile Rock] Graffiti painted on hull for 'Mother's Cakes & Cookies' and "KKK [Ku Klux Klan] - S.F.#2" [10309 4-15-26 Mile Rock] [dpwbook48 dpw10309]
DPW Horace Chaffee (SF Department of Public Works / Courtesy of a Private Collector)

SS Lyman Stewart Shipwreck SS Lyman Stewart Shipwreck

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