Descriptive Summary
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Central Pacific ferryboat "El Capitan" logbook
Dates: 1913-1914
Collection Number: MS 893
Creator/Collector:
Extent: .17 linear feet (1 manuscript half box)
Repository:
California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives
Sacramento, California 95814
Abstract: Logbook of the captain of the Central Pacific ferryboat "El Capitan".
Language of Material: English
Access
Collection is open for research by appointment. Contact Library Staff
Publication Rights
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
Biography/Administrative History
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
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