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SS Central America, known as the Ship of Gold, was a 280-foot (85 m) sidewheel steamer that operated between Central America and the East Coast of the United States during the 1850s. She was originally named the SS George Law , after George Law of New York.
The S.S. Central America was given the nickname “Ship of Gold” for her famous cargo: tons of gold from the San Francisco mint and various other gold coins, ingots, gold dust, and bullion from the California Gold Rush.
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Feb 15, 2022 · Numismatic Guaranty Corporation. Feb 15, 2022, 13:40 ET. SARASOTA, Fla., Feb. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 3, 1857, the SS Central America began a voyage from Panama to New York...
Mar 27, 2022 · 26 March 2022. California Gold Marketing Group. Ambrotype of a young woman. In 1857, the SS Central America, also known as the "ship of gold", sank off the coast of the US state of South...
Oct 28, 2014 · The 278-foot-long, wooden-hulled Central America was commissioned in 1853 by the U.S. Mail Steamship Co. It transported passengers and commercial cargo between the East Coast and Central America, often completing the last leg of the journey between San Francisco and New York.
For 132 years the remains of the ill-fated sail-and-sidewheel steamer Central America rested untouched on the Atlantic floor near the western edge of the Gulf Stream, in 800 feet of water off the South Carolina coast. But during the summer of 1989 her grave was disturbed, for contained inside the hulk is a king’s ransom in California gold.
Jan 2, 2015 · The high tech nerds had discovered their “ship of gold.” The 280-foot side-wheel steamer SS Central America was loaded with newly cast gold bars and coins from mints in San Francisco. It’s route to New York was a regular one. The gold shipment and hundreds of passengers boarded the vessel in San Francisco bound for the west coast of Panama.
