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Ferries on San Francisco Bay (Images of America) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Paul C. Trimble, William Knorp
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 568972
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 073854731X
Dewey Decimal Number: 386.6097946
EAN: 9780738547312
ASIN: 073854731X
Publication Date: March 21, 2007
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Product Description
Decades before San Francisco Bay was crisscrossed by bridges, an extensive network of ferries plied these green waters, moving passengers, vehicles, and freight between San Francisco, Alameda, Marin, Solano, Sonoma, and Contra Costa Counties. Very few of the ferries survive today, but at one time, elegant and sturdy vessels like the Santa Clara, Sacramento, Encinal, Eureka, Oakland, and Tamalpais ruled the waves and supported the critical commerce of this region. From the early days of single-enders, double-enders, stern-wheelers, and side-wheelers burning coal and crude oil, to more modern designs of diesel-powered craft, these vessels have long been an important link in Bay Area transport, along with their railway connections. Equipped with up to four decks, the ferries cargoes included commuters, livestock, automobiles, mail, convicts, express packages, and even entire railroad trains.
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 San Francisco Ferries May 30, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A pleasant book on Bay ferries, but not a lot of new information. It's a handy guide.
 Pacific Electric May 12, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Jim Walker is the author of many of the premier railway history books I already have on the subject, the Pacific Electric Railway. This is as fine a compilation as all of his other works...Light reading with many, many excellent pictures that I have not seen before...A very enjoyable book.
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