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Pier 41 is a ferry terminal on Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco. The former headquarters of Blue & Gold Fleet, their box offices are now located at Pier 39. [1] The Pier is located east of the Fisherman's Wharf district and to the west of Pier 39. The ferry terminal is close to North Beach, Chinatown, and the Embarcadero.
The piers in San Francisco are part of the Port of San Francisco and run along the Embarcadero, following the curve along the eastern waterfront and roadway of the Port of San Francisco. [1] The Ferry Building is considered the center with the odd-numbered piers going north of the building at Market Street, and the even-numbered piers going south.
The Ferry Building is the primary San Francisco terminal for commuter ferry service (Pier 41 is used primarily for excursions). The facility has six ferry piers lettered Gate B through Gate G. Gate B, used by the San Francisco Bay Ferry Vallejo/Mare Island route and the Treasure Island Ferry is adjacent to
The San Francisco waterfront piers played a crucial role in the Pacific theater during World War II. With the outbreak of the war, San Francisco's waterfront became a military logistics center; troops, equipment and supplies left the Port in support of the Pacific theater. Almost every pier and wharf was involved in military activities, with ...
The 70-foot (21-meter) catamaran called the MV Sea Change will transport up to 75 passengers along the waterfront between Pier 41 and the downtown San Francisco ferry terminal starting July 19 ...
South San Francisco–Ferry Building service was expanded to Monday through Friday on November 3, 2014, with the Pier 41 segment dropped. [23] The single reverse commute trip on the South San Francisco–Oakland/Alameda route was dropped on May 4, 2015, leaving only three peak-direction round trips. [ 24 ]
Central Pacific ferry El Capitan was the largest ferry on San Francisco Bay when built in 1868. [5] Ferry Berkeley (served 1898–1958) at the San Diego Maritime Museum. The first railroad ferries on San Francisco Bay were established by the San Francisco and Oakland Railroad and the San Francisco and Alameda Railroad (SF&A), which were taken over by the Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) in 1870 ...
Pier 41; Pier 43 1/2; Pier 45 (San Francisco) Pier 48 (San Francisco) Pier 50 (San Francisco) Pier 80 (San Francisco) Piers 15 and 17; Piers 27 and 29