Every time we go through Gold Beach, OR, I take a shot or two of this deteriorating relic. Sad to see her going downhill like this but you can't help rooting for this 135 year old lady of the seas. She certainly has lived an exciting life.


The Mary D. Hume was a steamer built at Gold Beach, Oregon in 1881, by R. D. Hume, a pioneer and early businessman in that area. Gold Beach was then called Ellensburg. The Hume had a long career, first hauling goods between Oregon and San Francisco, then as a whaler in Alaska, as a service vessel in the Alaskan cannery trade, then as a tugboat. She was retired in 1977 and returned to Gold Beach. In 1985 she sank in the Rogue River and has remained there ever since as a derelict vessel on the shoreline. The Hume is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Wikipedia)

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The Mary D. Hume, built at this spot in 1881, had the longest active service of any commercial vessel on the Pacific coast, a total of 97 yrs as freighter, whaling vessel, to towboat service. She, broke after being docked here, and the wreck remains

By the way, all those tiny dots in the background are gulls. There were hundreds of them.

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After a long dry spell I might finally get back in gear. Somehow, I had lost all incentive to photograph and process pictures. This was shot a couple of months ago in Gold Beach, Oregon. The Mary D. Hume is slowly succumbing to the elements.

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Another shot of The Mary D. Hume. This time with the Patterson Bridge in the background.
Today is Michael's fortphoto's birthday. Why don't you drop by and wish him a happy one.

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