Scow Schooner Alma

Alma is the last of some 400 locally built scow schooners, craft designed to haul hay, salt, bricks, and other bulk products through the shallow reaches of the bay and delta. One of five scows owned by James Peterson, she worked in a number of local trades but most often carried salt from Alviso to San Francisco. In 1917 she was rigged down for use as an unpowered barge, and later was converted to a dredge. Built in 1891 at Hunters Point, San Francisco, by Fred Seimer, Alma measures 59 feet on deck, has a 22-foot, 6-inch beam, a gross tonnage of 41, and a draft of 3 feet, 6 inches.

San Francisco, California · United States