Sierra Nevada (ferry)
Sierra Nevada was a steel-hulled steam-powered passenger ferry operated on San Francisco Bay. The ferry was built for the Western Pacific Railroad as Edward T. Jeffery in 1913 and subsequently renamed Feather River. The ferry offered connecting service to San Francisco for Western Pacific train passengers arriving in Oakland, California. The ferry was sold to Southern Pacific Transportation Company when Western Pacific began using Southern Pacific's Oakland ferry facilities in May, 1933. Southern Pacific renamed the ferry Sierra Nevada and placed it in commuter service between San Francisco and Alameda, California until that route was discontinued in 1939. The ferry was leased to the Key System for the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island from 1939 through 1940. In 1942,
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Sierra Nevada (ferry)
Sierra Nevada was a steel-hulled steam-powered passenger ferry operated on San Francisco Bay. The ferry was built for the Western Pacific Railroad as Edward T. Jeffery in 1913 and subsequently renamed Feather River. The ferry offered connecting service to San Francisco for Western Pacific train passengers arriving in Oakland, California. The ferry was sold to Southern Pacific Transportation Company when Western Pacific began using Southern Pacific's Oakland ferry facilities in May, 1933. Southern Pacific renamed the ferry Sierra Nevada and placed it in commuter service between San Francisco and Alameda, California until that route was discontinued in 1939. The ferry was leased to the Key System for the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island from 1939 through 1940. In 1942,
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Sierra Nevada was a steel-hull ...... ngeles where she sank in 1978.
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1956-09-01
completion date
1913-07-19
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length (μ)
6.64464e+1
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owner
ship beam (μ)
1.28016e+1
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32,482,979
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743,704,249
Ship builder
Moore and Scott Iron Works, Oakland, CA
Ship class
auto/passenger ferry
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Ship identification
Official Number: 211506
Ship in service
Ship power
Total 2,500 hp from 4 water tube boilers
Ship propulsion
single screw powered by two 2-cyl compound steam engines
Ship registry
San Francisco,
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Sierra Nevada was a steel-hull ...... om 1939 through 1940. In 1942,
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Sierra Nevada (ferry)
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*-1933: Feather River
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*1913-: Edward T. Jeffery
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*1933-1956: Sierra Nevada
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