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 HB131694 View Of Bow, Port Side.
|  HB131695 View Of Stern, Portside, Toward Pilot House.
|  HB131696 Bow, Port Side.
|  HB131697 Stern Looking Forward At Passenger Deck, Weatherdeck And Pilot House.
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 HB131698 Paddle Wheel, Port Side.
|  HB131699 View Through Port Side Paddle Wheel Horizontally.
|  HB131700 Aft Pilot House, View From Passenger Deck.
|  HB131701 Forward Pilot House, Portside.
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 HB131702 Forward Pilot House, Portside, Closer View.
|  HB131703 Interior Pilot House Showing Wheel, Engine Room Intercom, Binnacle.
|  HB131704 Bunk Room, Just Aft Of Wheel Room.
|  HB131705 View Aft Toward Stack, C.a
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 HB131706 Stack With Ventilators, After Side.
|  HB131707 Car Deck, Looking Forward, 1915 Mack Truck On Left With 1926 Dodge Behind, 1937 Diamond Pickup Truck On Right With 1931 Ford Model A Mail Truck Behind.
|  HB131708 Car Deck, Starboard Side, Holding Area Looking Forward.
|  HB131709 Forward Car Deck, Central Stairs Leading To Passenger Deck.
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 HB131710 Exterior Passenger Deck, Portside, Looking Forward.
|  HB131711 Passenger Deck Looking Forward Toward Newsstand, Sundries Store.
|  HB131712 Passenger Deck Looking South, Restaurant On Left
|  HB131713 Engine Room Housing In Center Of Passenger Deck, Port Side Looking Aft.
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 HB131714 View Athwartships, Passenger Deck Seating, Forward End.
|  HB131715 Forward End Of Passenger Deck, Restaurant Area.
|  HB131716 Walking Beam And Stack.
|  HB131717 Profile Of Walking Beam, Crank Shaft To Right.
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 HB131718 Crosshead, Piston Rod, Top Of Main Steam Cylinder, With A-frame Beyond.
|  HB131719 Piston Rod, Top Of Main Steam Cylinder.
|  HB131720 Engine Control Room, Car Deck.
|  HB131721 Engine Control Room, Car Deck.
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 HB131722 View Looking At A-frame Tie Rods.
|  HB131723 View Looking Up At Crank And Crank Shaft.
|  HB131724 Crank And Crank Shaft.
|  HB131725 Crank And Crank Shaft Vacuum Pump, Auto Level.
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 HB131726 View Down Forward Leg Of A-frame, Cylinder At Top Of Photo, Hotwell In Center, Crank At Base.
|  HB131727 Engine Room, View Of Vacuum Pump With Condenser To The Right.
|  HB131728 Condenser Pump, Condenser, Cylinder Base.
|  HB131729 Steam Powered Generator.
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 HB131730 Drive Shaft, Port Side, See Negative For Springs.
|  HB131731 Boiler Room, Number 3 Of 4 Boilers.
|  HB131732 Steerage, Where Guide Chains Turn Corner.
|  HB131733 Steering Piston.
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 HB131734 Steering Guide Chain Exiting Hull.
|  HB131735 Keelson, Sister Keelsons, Looking Down.
|  HB131736 View Along Keelson With Sister Keelsons.
|  HB131737 Forepeak, North End.
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Item Title
LocationHyde Street Pier,
San Francisco, CA
Find maps of San Francisco, CA
Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CA-59
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N278).
Building/structure dates:
1890 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1920 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1957 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1960 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1977 subsequent work
National Register Number: 73000229
Significance: EUREKA, considered to be the only extant vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but vanished from American waters. One of only two remaining "walking-beam" marine steam engines remaining in the US, EUREKA (Ukiah) plied the waters of San Francisco Bay servicing the San Francisco and Northern Pacific Railway. Carrying railroad cars and passengers, she continued in operation through 1920. In 1920 she was almost completely rebuilt, lengthened, and made ready for carrying automobiles and passengers under the name EUREKA until 1941. Now located at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, she is used to interpret the once common era of steam ferry transport, showcasing her walking-beam engine and a collection of antique automobiles. Built almost entirely of Douglas fir, she is the largest surviving wooden-hulled vessel in the United States.EUREKA is one of two survivors from a once large fleet of steam ferries that served on San Francisco Bay and played a vital role in the regional economy. These ferries provided the connection between San Francisco and its transbay hinterland that made possible the growth of suburbs in Marin County, Contra Costa County, and the East Bay. Before highways and suspension bridges, the ferries were the main conduits for travelers within the region.
Subjects
War (World War I)War (World War II)Transportation
Related Names
Tierman, Patrick
Dickie, John
Union Iron Works
Southern Pacific Railroad
Northern Pacific Railway
Green, Charles
Doll, William M., Field Team
Muir, John, Field Team
Burgh, Emil, Field Team
Donahoe, Kelly, Field Team
Thomas, Hans, Field Team
Porter, Marc, Historian
Lowe, Jet, Photographer
Anderson, Richard K., Delineator
Lockett, Dana, Delineator
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. View of bow, port side.
2. View of stern, portside, toward pilot house.
3. Bow, port side.
4. Stern looking forward at passenger deck, weatherdeck and pilot house.
5. Paddle wheel, port side.
6. View through port side paddle wheel horizontally.
7. Aft pilot house, view from passenger deck.
8. Forward pilot house, portside.
9. Forward pilot house, portside, closer view.
10. Interior pilot house showing wheel, engine room intercom, binnacle.
11. Bunk room, just aft of wheel room.
12. View aft toward stack, C.A. THAYER to the right, city of San Francisco beyond.
13. Stack with ventilators, after side.
14. Car deck, looking forward, 1915 Mack Truck on left with 1926 Dodge behind, 1937 Diamond Pickup Truck on right with 1931 Ford Model A Mail Truck behind.
15. Car deck, starboard side, holding area looking forward.
16. Forward car deck, central stairs leading to passenger deck.
17. Exterior passenger deck, portside, looking forward.
18. Passenger deck looking forward toward newsstand, sundries store.
19. Passenger deck looking south, restaurant on left. (Note C.A. THAYER bowsprit to right outside windows.)
20. Engine room housing in center of passenger deck, port side looking aft.
21. View athwartships, passenger deck seating, forward end.
22. Forward end of passenger deck, restaurant area.
23. Walking beam and stack.
24. Profile of walking beam, crank shaft to right.
25. Crosshead, piston rod, top of main steam cylinder, with A-frame beyond.
26. Piston rod, top of main steam cylinder.
27. Engine control room, car deck.
28. Engine control room, car deck.
29. View looking at A-frame tie rods.
30. View looking up at crank and crank shaft.
31. Crank and crank shaft.
32. Crank and crank shaft vacuum pump, auto level.
33. View down forward leg of A-frame, cylinder at top of photo, hotwell in center, crank at base.
34. Engine room, view of vacuum pump with condenser to the right.
35. Condenser pump, condenser, cylinder base.
36. Steam powered generator.
37. Drive shaft, port side, see negative for springs.
38. Boiler room, number 3 of 4 boilers.
39. Steerage, where guide chains turn corner.
40. Steering piston.
41. Steering guide chain exiting hull.
42. Keelson, sister keelsons, looking down.
43. View along keelson with sister keelsons.
44. Forepeak, north end.
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