There are three known ships that have been sunk/scuttled in the Nisqually Reach as breakwaters. The William Nottingham a big, wooden found masted ship built in 1902, left on the Reach in 1950. The John A. a wooden three masted schooner built in 1893, believed abandoned on the Reach intentionally as a breakwater after WWII. The third was a powerful steam tug identified as the Wanderer, unknown dates of build or scuttle. According to several residents, the cement hulk still visible was once a barge left on the reach, however no one seems to remember when it was abandoned, possibly 1960s/70s.
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