Berkeley
San Francisco Bay ferry in San Diego, California. Added to the National Register in 1990, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Berkeley was one of several ferryboats of the Southern Pacific Railroad that for sixty years operated on San Francisco Bay between the Oakland Pier and the San Francisco Ferry Building. Built in 1898 by the Union Iron Works of San Francisco, she served after the 1906 earthquake, ferrying refugees across the bay to Oakland.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | B St. Pier, San Diego, CA |
| County | San Diego County |
| Listed | Dec 14, 1990 |
| Reference number | 90002220 |
| Type of place | ferry, preserved watercraft |
| Designations | California Historical Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 structures |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | B St. Pier, San Diego, CA |
| Coordinates | 32.72092, -117.17393 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Cabrillo National Monument · 5 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Corral Canyon Campground 35 mi · Bobcat Meadow Campground 36 mi |
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Nearby in San Diego County
Reference
Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 90002220. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.