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2. Steamboats of California - Wikipedia

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   The first large steam driven vessel running between San Francisco and Sacramento was the steamship McKim, a 400-ton ex Army propeller driven transport steamship that had sailed to California from New Orleans. McKim made its first regular run up river on October 26, 1849, in 17 hours, touching at Benicia on the way to Sacramento. Its schedule ...

3. Catalina Express - Wikipedia

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   In 1985, the company was able to expand to four vessels with two more 149-passenger boats, the Two Harbors Express and a new Catalina Express, and the original 55-passenger vessel renamed the Channel Express. In 1989, the Super Express joined the fleet, followed by the new Avalon Express in 1990. These 149-passenger vessels each had larger ...

4. Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel - Wikipedia

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   The Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel (also known as Sacramento River Deep Water Ship Channel or SRDWSC) is a canal from the Port of Sacramento in West Sacramento, California, to the Sacramento River, which flows into San Francisco Bay. It was completed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1963. The channel is about 30 feet (9.1 m ...

5. Inland waterways of the United States - Wikipedia

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   The ability to move more cargo per shipment makes barge transport both fuel efficient and environmentally advantageous. On average, a gallon of fuel allows one ton of cargo to be shipped 180–240 mi (290–390 km) by truck (e.g. @ 6–8 mpg ‑US (2.6–3.4 km/L) 30 ton load, 450 mi (720 km) by railway , and 514 mi (827 km) by barge.

6. San Francisco Bay Ferry - Wikipedia

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   San Francisco Bay Ferry is a public transit passenger ferry service in the San Francisco Bay, administered by the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) and operated under contract by the privately owned, Blue and Gold Fleet. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 2,230,400, or about 8,600 per weekday as of the ...

7. Ferries of San Francisco Bay - Wikipedia

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   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 ...