July
30th 1993 Robert Mester, with three others side scanning in
Commencement Bay, found a very large and old Anchor.
July 31, 1993 they returned for still photography and video footage.July
30th 1993 Robert Mester, with three others side scanning in
Commencement Bay, found a very large and old Anchor.
July 31, 1993 they returned for still photography and video footage.
After a series of conversations with Tacoma Aquarium personnel additional dives were performed. These included John Rupp and others with the Aquarium.
Contact was made with the State Historic Preservation Officer. Due to lack of providence the Anchor did not qualify for the National Register.
March of 1994 photographs and measured drawings were shared with Archaeologist James Delgado of the Vancouver Maritime Museum.
In 1998 John Dimmer of the Dimmer Family Foundation offered to fund the recovery.
The Anchor will be brought to shore and the wooden stock separated. The Anchor and stalk will be shipped to Texas A&M University for restoration. This process should take several months. When completed, the Anchor will return for curation at the Washington State Historical Museum in Tacoma.