— [Maritime Museum of San Diego] —
The steam ferryboat "Berkeley" was the first successful west coast-built and operated ferry to be driven by a screw propeller as opposed to side-wheels. Built by the famous Union Iron Works of San Francisco in 1898, the ferry operated until 1958 as part of the San Francisco Bay ferry system. The "Berkeley" is the oldest steel-hulled ferry on the west coast and the earliest double-ended ferryboat to survive with her original historic fabric intact. After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake the "Berkeley" assisted in evacuating refugees to Oakland.| HM Number | HMYN0 |
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| Series | This marker is part of the E Clampus Vitus series, and the National Historic Landmarks series. |
| Tags | |
| Marker Number | 1031 |
| Year Placed | 2000 |
| Placed By | California Department of Parks and Recreation, Maritime Assoc. of San Diego and E Clampus Vitus, Squibob Chapter |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Friday, October 10th, 2014 at 3:11am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 11S E 483746 N 3620367 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 32.72096667, -117.17345000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 43.258', W 117° 10.407' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 43' 15.48" N, 117° 10' 24.42" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 814 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1492 N Harbor Dr, San Diego CA 16749, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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