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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Eureka
 
The ferryboat EUREKA moored at Hyde Street Pier.
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The ferryboat Eureka, built in 1890.
 

EUREKA'S Statistics

Overall Length       299.5 feet
Extreme Width       78 feet
Gross Tonnage       2420
Horsepower           1500
Passengers            2300
Automobiles          120

Eureka is a wooden-hulled, sidewheel paddle steamboat.
From the passenger deck up, she is nearly identical fore and aft.
Her "double-end" design made disembarking quicker and easier.
Eureka's large "walking beam" steam engine remains intact.

 
300 foot long white wooden ferry at the pier.

EUREKA (4 Photos)
The steam-powered ferry Eureka.
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Powered by a four-story tall walking beam engine
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Kaiulani Marine Exchange Card

Did You Know?
That the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is the repository for the original San Francisco Marine Exchange cards that were used to track vessel arrivals into San Francisco? This collection, (HDC 0559, SAFR 18592) also includes ledger books that record vessels arriving into and departing from San Francisco.
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Last Updated: September 03, 2010 at 10:11 MST