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Levi Plaza [William's ship]—San Francisco


The William Grey was a Gold Rush Era storeship that was used as the foundation for a wharf near the intersection of Filbert and Battery streets. Initially, Archeo-Tec discovered this ship during a testing program that took place in 1978 and 1979. Historians Roger and Nancy Olmstead, through historical research, identified the ship as the William Grey.

		In 1980, Archeo-Tec exposed and documented a large area of the ship. To this day, The William Grey is preserved, in situ, beneath the park along the San Francisco Waterfront.

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