Ferries of San Francisco Bay

by Paul C. Trimble, William Knorp

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738547312
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	03/21/2007
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Transportation historian Paul C. Trimble, author of Railways of San Francisco, presents here an impressive collection of early ferry images. Tapping the archives of ferry historian William Knorp, the National Maritime Museum, Northwestern Pacific Railroad Historical Society, and other private collections, Trimble brightens the fading memories of the elegant and bygone ferry era with images of these impressive leviathans and the people who worked and rode them.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     6
Introduction     7
East Bay to San Francisco     9
Ferries of the North Bay     59
Across the Carquinez     107
Today's Ferries     117
Glossary     127