Wreck of the George L. Olson
This ship wreck was found off the shores of Coos Bay Oregon recently. It had been buried with sand and with the high tides the last couple of years, it had washed most of the sand away to uncover this piece of Oregon history. It was quite a site to see it. It has peaked much interest and large crowds have come to see it from all over the state as well as other states. They don't know for sure the exact name of this ship but they are narrowing it down. The experts have looked at many historical photos and articles of shipwrecks in the area and they think it may be the C. A. Smith. This ship was made of wood and as you can see from the close ups it is well scared from the buffetings of the oceans elements. The C.A. Smith was built in the early 1900's.
I recently found out that this ships real name is the George L. Olson, after much research the experts found the name to the mistery ship. This was a steam powered schooner that was launched in 1917 and wrecked in 1944.
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Northwest haidaan (52 months ago | reply)
A big treasure !
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Starlightworld (52 months ago | reply)
very interesting Nick thanks for share and add description!!
Pegster22 added this photo to her favorites. (52 months ago)
Pegster22 (52 months ago | reply)
Looks really old, great shot!
photobuff65 (52 months ago | reply)
wow,great shot! What history!
Lighthouse Trek Keeper (52 months ago | reply)
What an awesome picture, I can see why you wanted to hurry over there to see it.
Cavutto added this photo to his favorites. (52 months ago)
Pixton (52 months ago | reply)
Wow...I read about this in the paper, and immediately went to flickr for pictures.
It's pretty cool...and a really nice picture, too.
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postpurchase (52 months ago | reply)
very interesting! i just read an article online about this wreck and here it is in your photostream! cool
joeyready (52 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Boats on Land, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
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Ate o Infinitio e alem (18 months ago | reply)
very cool
robert scott bolling added this photo to his favorites. (12 months ago)