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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Eureka
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| The ferryboat Eureka, built in 1890. |
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| STATS | | | Overall length | 299.5 feet | | Extreme Width | 78 feet | | Gross tonnage | 2420 | | Horsepower | 1500 | | Passengers | 2300 | | Automobiles | 120 | - Eureka is a wooden-hulled, sidewheel paddle steamboat.
- From the passenger deck up, she is nearly identical fore and aft. Her "double-end" design made disembarking quicker and easier.
- Eureka's large, "walking beam" steam engine remains intact.
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Learn more about Eureka
Powered by a four-story tall walking beam engine
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Did You Know?
Wheat -- California's other Gold Rush. The discovery of gold in 1848 brought sudden wealth and population growth to San Francisco. But wheat, California's golden grain, and first major export product, established San Francisco Bay as a port for world trade.
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Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:22 EST |
