Central Pacific Railroad ferryboat "Solano" waiting in its slip at Point Coast for a train from Oakland, last stop across from San Francisco, ca. 1879
The Solano was constructed and operated by the Central Pacific Railroad to ferry entire trains (up to 48 freight cars at a time) on the Central Pacific transcontinental line to and from the San Francisco Bay Area. It carried entire trains across the Carquinez Strait between Benicia and Port Costa in California, daily for 51 years from 1879 to 1930. Photograph by noted California photographer Carleton E. Watkins
Resource Identifier
ah03685_0039
Citation
Railroad Picture Postcards, Collection No. 3685, Envelope 1, Folder 2, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming. (Postcard No. 50)
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