| The Lydia | |
| Location: | At the foot of King Street near Pier 42, San Francisco, California |
| Coordinates: | 37.7808°N -122.3883°W |
| Builder: | Meigs, Joseph & Sons |
| Added: | July 16, 1981 |
| Refnum: | 81000173 |
The Lydia is a wrecked whaling ship located below the foot of King Street in San Francisco, California. The ship was built in 1840 and wrecked in 1907.[1] San Francisco was later built up over the site of the wreck, and it was not rediscovered until a sewer construction project unearthed the remains in 1980. The shipwreck included an intact case of twenty-four bottles of ginger beer brewed by A.S. Watson & Co.[2] The shipwreck was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981, and a plaque marking the site was placed in 2005.[3]