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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: March 19, 2015
Caption: Marine life panel at the Fort Ross Cove kiosk
Additional Description:
Shipwreck
The SS Pomona sank at Fort Ross. She lies in less than 40 feet of water, 400 yards offshore. A marker buoy identifies the wreck's location from both water and land vantage points. The SS Pomona with her triple expansion steam engine was built in 1888, and traveled regularly between San Francisco and Vancouver. She struck a rock south of Fort Ross and ran aground in Fort Ross Cove where all of the passengers and crew were saved.
Submitted: July 17, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p315887
File Size: 3.228 Megabytes

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