The Malta was wrecked off 8th Ave. in Belmar on November 24, 1885. Its foremast, the ship’s front mast, was salvaged and mounted as a standpipe for the sewer system. The remains of the shipwreck lie across the street about 100 yards offshore, and the sternpost can be seen at low tide. The foremast still shows the guide rail used to guide the sail up the mast, the cap that secured the upper mast, and the gudgeons, the metal fittings where the boom was attached; a boom is a pole used to extend the bottom of a sail.
