The steamer Bering was badly damaged following a stranding in southeastern Alaska waters. The ship was towed to Seattle, where it was condemned and sold for $1.00 to the Tregoning Boat Company, located on Seaview Avenue in Ballard. The Tregoning Co. moored her as a breakwater for a proposed small boat mooring at the entrance to the Lake Washington Ship Canal. After some years the vessel was beached near the canal entrance.
In this image the derelict SS Bering sits beached on the shore of Shilshole Bay. The ship was intentionally burned down about 1957 due to its unsafe condition. At the left of the image pilings from the Tregoning operations remained until at least until 1987. Behind the boat Puget Sound is visible, with the Olympic Mountains beyond.
Caption information source: H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest., p. 512-13
ID Number: SHS6717
Date: 1957
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w ; 7.5 x 9.5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
