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Post by Mike C on Oct 19, 2007 20:12:45 GMT -8
I stumbled across this ferry in San Francisco harbour a couple weeks ago, at a berth, with "HYDE ST. PIER" written in the same place BC Ferries would write their terminal names. M/V EUREKA   Any guesses as to the history of this vessel? |
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Post by Kahloke on Oct 19, 2007 20:31:13 GMT -8
Eureka is part of the Hyde Street Pier historic ship collection. I toured it several years ago and went aboard Eureka as well as the tall ship there. It's quite fascinating. Here's a link I found on the ship: www.nps.gov/safr/historyculture/eureka-history.htm |
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Post by Northern Exploration on Oct 19, 2007 20:44:03 GMT -8
Imagine a similar pier in Vancouver with the Princess Maggie, the Sidney, St. Roch stored indoors on the pier, and a decommissioned destroyer, submarine, a fishing trawler and a sailing vessel. Hmm. Probably too late but that would have been a great tourist destination for the hordes coming to the Olympics. And probably too late because too many vessels have disappeared or are too far gone.
* And mostly funded by the luxury condos built above the pier and jutting out into the harbour. Jimmy are you reading this?
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