Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2021.013.0001Description
B/W Photograph - Scene of an explosion under water near the end of First Street Benicia CA
Demolition of the ferry slip no longer needed for the Southern Pacific Train ferries from Benicia to Port Costa because of the completion of the Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge across the Carquinez Straits. Likely date is 1930-31.
Caption: Submarine Rock Excavation
Southern Pacific Co. New Ferry Slip
San Francisco Bridge Co.
Contractors
on back: Exposed 45 min
size: 18-1/2" x 23-1/2"Collection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection
