Eureka

On a clear winter day, the Eureka steams out of Sausalito with Angel Island at left. Originally named the Ukiah, she was built in 1923 and was once the largest ferryboat to operate on San Francisco Bay. With the capacity to hold 3,300 passengers and 100 automobiles, she was an immediate hit with motorists and travelers alike. The Eureka made her last regular run in February 1941 and is now part of the national exhibition of historic vessels on the waterfront at the San Francisco Maritime Museum. The Cazadero was built by the North Shore Railroad company in the late 1800s along with the Tamalpais, and a view from the deck of the Tamalpais shows fog billowing over her namesake mountains. At that time, no one dreamed that the mechanical marvel called the automobile would one day threaten the very existence of these powerful and graceful vessels.

Sausalito, California · United States