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A bullock cart or ox cart (sometimes called a bullock carriage when carrying people in particular) is a two-wheeled or four-wheeled vehicle pulled by oxen. It is a means of transportation used since ancient times in many parts of the world. They are still used today where modern vehicles are too expensive or less suitable for the local ...
The Vallejo is a houseboat in Sausalito, California, United States. It was originally a passenger ferry in Portland, Oregon , known as O&CRR Ferry No. 2 , in the late 19th century. After falling into disuse in Portland, it was transported to the San Francisco Bay in California, where it was used as a ferry between Vallejo and Mare Island until ...
Pages in category "Ships built in Sausalito, California" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
[3] [4] [5] In 1945 with the end of World War 2, like many shipyards, Sausalito Shipbuilding closed. There was a surplus of ships after the war. The site later became Sausalito houseboat community. [6] For the war Sausalito Shipbuilding built US Army steel Barges: [7] BC-157 to BC-168, the 12 Barges were a Design # 229 and are 110 feet in length.
The Spaulding Marine Center in Sausalito (2007) The working boatyard at Spaulding Marine Center Spaulding boatyard at night. The Spaulding Marine Center, (formally the Spaulding Wooden Boat Center), in Sausalito, California, is a living museum where one can go back in time to experience the days when craftsmen and sailors used traditional skills to build, sail or row classic wooden boats on ...
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in California on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008, [1] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [2]
The discovery this month of six human bodies and dozens of sets of cremated remains stored illegally in a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse has led to a daunting task: to reunite them with their ...
In early 1942, the demands of World War II resulted in a requirement for greatly increased shipbuilding capacity. [1]To meet this demand, the US shipbuilder W.A. Bechtel Co. decided to build a shipyard at a former Northwestern Pacific Railroad repair yard situated at Richardson's Bay in Marin County, at the north end of Sausalito, California and just three miles (5 km) north of the Golden Gate ...