Name/Title
Ferry Contra CostaEntry/Object ID
1992.099.0007Description
B/W Photograph: per reverse of the photograph: "ferry CONTRA COSTA , Southern Pacific shipyard at foot of Peralta Street, Oakland. The tugboat PORT COSTA , foreground." The train ferry is under construction. When built it measured 433 feet long by 67.2 feet across, with a draft of 18.5 feet. She displaced 4483 tons and was operated by two compound engines.
Also on back: Please credit San Francisco Maritime Museum, C. L. McComb collection.Collection
Benicia Industrial Collection