Comments on: Question: Old Wreck @ Ballard Beach

By: Family Lawyer Victoria

Family Lawyer Victoria — Mon, 02 May 2011 22:21:06 +0000

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By: Roger Wheeling

Roger Wheeling — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 01:16:51 +0000

I’ve got a nice color slide of that ship at sunset that my dad took in 1953, after we had dinner at Ray’s Boathouse. If you would like me to email it to you, just send request to rogwheeling2@msn.com

By: Joe Hardin

Joe Hardin — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:12:57 +0000

I grew up in Greenwood in the 50′s, and spent many hours in that old wreck. If you went at low tide you could crawl in where the side had eroded away. Just had to make sure you got out before the tide came back in….
If anyone has pictures I would love to get copies.

By: George Spears

George Spears — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:37:31 +0000

Jesse Cliffe uploaded the photos noted above at:

http://www.vintageseattle.org/img/wreck/

By: George Spears

George Spears — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:35:44 +0000

John Edson:

I sent a number of pictures of the old Wreck at Ballard Beach, including pictures of the SS Annete Rolf when she wasa complete ship plus others to Jesse Cliffe at: Cliffe@vintageseattle.org. Check and see if he received them.

I assume he can post or pass them on. If not, let me know.
Enjoy.

George Spears

By: John W. Edson

John W. Edson — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:23:26 +0000

My grandparents lived in Seattle in the 50â€™s and 60â€™s and I remember this ship well. I always would get my grandfather to take me to Rayâ€™s Boat House where I could get a good view of the Bearing. Larry Willits wrote on December 10th 2008 that he had several photographs of the ship. I was wondering if Larry could post these photographs?

By: Bill Coale

Bill Coale — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:47:26 +0000

We used to sneak on that old hulk & it had dozens of boxes of “canned heat” that were left there, took some of it off & did whatever ten year old kids do with that stuff. Lucky we didn’t burn it (and ourselves) to the waterline then!

By: Tom Tregoning

Tom Tregoning — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:12:34 +0000

Marty Dawg’s dad is wrong (Sept. 28, 09). The writings of George Spears are correct (May 09). I have been all over the â€œBearingâ€ as a kid and it was great fun. She was moored at a coal dock near Gas Works Park about six to eight months and later moved to near the foot of 28th Ave. NW in Ballard for a short time. Propeller wash from the tug “Katy”, a Shively Tow Boat Co. boat, spent several days washing (moving) away sand etc. to make a hole in the beach that the â€œBearingâ€ could be put into. She was put in that hole on a near high tide in the next day or two. I am sorry that I do not remember the exact date, but I believe was the spring of 47. I can no longer ask Mr. Shively or my dad, Jim Tregoning. They did most of the work and I was along to get in the way.

By: Marty Dawg

Marty Dawg — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:20:59 +0000

Just north of Ray’s Boathouse, there was a wooden ship that my Dad told me was a WWI Victory ship, as opposed to Liberty ships. He told me her name was the “Border Queen”. I’ve seen a number of shots of the Victory ship “fleet” in Lake Union on Ebay.

By: Howard Lomen

Howard Lomen — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:50:01 +0000

A history of the Lomen family’s involvment in the Reindeer industry can be researched in the book ‘ Fifty Years In Alaska ‘ by Carl J. Lomen. The book was published in 1954 and can be found periodically on Ebay or through abebooks.

The Family genealogy is traceable to the 1400′s in Norway. Still existing is the Lomen stave church from circa 1100 in the Valdres valley of Norway.

Best regards,

Howard Lomen