• A section of the bowsprint and figurehead on the bow of BALCLUTHA.

    San Francisco Maritime

    National Historical Park California

People

George S. Payne: Sailor, Solider, Journalist

 
A woman standing in front of a file cabinet.

NPS

Mary Tornich Janislawski: Navigator

 
A man standing at the helm of a sailboat.

Kenichi Horie at Hyde Street Pier in 2002

NPS

Kenichi Horie: Japan's Most Famous Yachtsman

 
An illustration of a Hicks engine.

Hicks engine.

NPS SAFR 17336 HDC 1092

James Lee Hicks: Modified and refined the single cylinder, four-stroke gasoline engine

 
Photos of a man and woman in a photo album.

Pete and Hilda Nelson.

NPS

"Whitehead Pete" and Hilda Nelson: Nelson owned the C.A.Thayer 1912-1925

 
Sargent Johnson wearing a hat.

Sargent Claude Johnson

WikiMedia

Sargent Claude Johnson: Created artwork for the Aquatic Park Bathhouse Building (Maritime Museum)

Did You Know?

Balclutha at Hyde Street Pier.

The 19th Century sailing ship Balclutha, moored at San Francisco Maritime NHP, carried tons of coal during her career. Coal from Wales and Australia provided fuel for the West Coast's railroads, steamships, factories, businesses and homes.