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Remnants of the "S.S. Palo Alto." The 435-foot ship was built of concrete by the San Francisco Shipbuilding Co. just after the end of World War I. Originally designed as a tanker, it was part of a wartime effort to reduce the use of steel and iron.…
Seacliff Beach State Park with the cement ship, the Palo Alto, in the background. The Palo Alto was designed as an oil tanker (built with Davenport cement) and was to be part of a U.S. cement fleet built in 1918-1919. The ship never went to sea until…
The Palo Alto, known as the Cement Ship. The Palo Alto was purchased by the Cal-Neva Company in 1930 and towed to Seacliff Beach. A 600-foot pier was built to connect the ship to the shore. For two years the ship was an amusement center with a…
Seacliff State Beach, with the Cement Ship in the background.
The Cement Ship, originally the Palo Alto, with fishermen on the Seacliff Pier next to it. In 1965 the ship was sold to the State of California for $1.00 and incorporated into Seacliff State Beach.
