“Left Coast Lifter” Sails Into San Francisco Bay By Karin BettsPublished: April, 2009 An immense, barge-mounted crane dubbed the Left Coast Lifter that will be used to help build the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge’s new suspension span passed under the Golden Gate and into San Francisco Bay on Thursday, March 12. The 400-foot-long barge – […]
BY BOBBY WINSTON Published: March, 2000 The Ferryboatmen’s Union of California came into being in November 1918. A new law called the Railway Labor Act encouraged unionization so as to increase wartime production, and founder Clyde Deal took full advantage of its provisions to quickly organize San Francisco Bay passenger and auto ferries as well […]
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