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1865 Wreck of Acadia Blockade Runner
Boiler of Acadia wreck seen in 1954 aerial photograph taken at low tide. Location 29.030 deg N, 95.177 deg W, approximately 800 ft offshore from 2015 shoreline. The first published map reference is the 1959 NOAA Nautical Chart, which also shows the WW2 targets in Christmas Bay discussed later in the presentation.
The blockade runner Acadia was built in 1864. She was a 211 foot long side-wheeler with a 900-horsepower engine. The Acadia was on her maiden voyage when she ran aground and was abandoned by her crew on February 6, 1865. She was spotted by the USS Virginia, the Union navy ship on patrol, and destroyed by gunfire. The wreck was examined by archeologists during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Artifacts are displayed at the Brazoria County Museum in Angleton.
Boiler of Acadia wreck seen in 1954 aerial photograph taken at low tide. Location 29.030 deg N, 95.177 deg W, approximately 800 ft offshore from 2015 shoreline. The first published map reference is the 1959 NOAA Nautical Chart, which also shows the WW2 targets in Christmas Bay discussed later in the presentation.
The blockade runner Acadia was built in 1864. She was a 211 foot long side-wheeler with a 900-horsepower engine. The Acadia was on her maiden voyage when she ran aground and was abandoned by her crew on February 6, 1865. She was spotted by the USS Virginia, the Union navy ship on patrol, and destroyed by gunfire. The wreck was examined by archeologists during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Artifacts are displayed at the Brazoria County Museum in Angleton.
From: Handbook of Texas Online, J. Barto Arnold III, "Acadia," http://www.tshaonline.org/ handbook/online/articles/qta03.
Map source: https://historicalcharts.noaa.gov, aerial photography: TNRIS
Map source: https://historicalcharts.noaa.gov, aerial photography: TNRIS