Central Pacific ferryboat "El Capitan" logbook

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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

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Publication Rights

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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.