Central Pacific ferryboat "El Capitan" logbook., 1913-1914

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Title:: Central Pacific ferryboat "El Capitan" logbook
Dates:: 1913-1914
Creators:: Central Pacific Railroad
Abstract:
Extent:: .17 linear feet (1 manuscript half box)
Language:
Preferred citation:: Central Pacific ferryboat "El Capitan" logbook. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Scope and content:: This logbook contains daily documentation of the weather, the on-time performance of the ferryboat, a list of trains using the ferry, and the number of passengers for 1913 and 1914.
Biographical / historical:: The El Capitan was a side-wheel steam-powered passenger ferry operated on San Francisco Bay. The ferry was built for the Central Pacific Railroad in 1868 in anticipation of completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad. The ferry offered service in the Carquinez Strait. It ceased operations in 1925.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives staff.
Date Prepared:: 1913-1914
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

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Restrictions:: Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff
Terms of access:: Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff

Preferred citation:: Central Pacific ferryboat "El Capitan" logbook. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Location of this collection:: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

111 I Street

Sacramento, CA 95814, US