Published: October, 2003 The Mighty Quinn was actually a writer. Born in 1857 in England, Richard Turner Quinn turned out to be disappointment to his aristocratic father, who wanted him to become a soldier. After a brief writing career in England, he fled the country for rampant plagiarism. When he told the immigration officials […]
By Wes Starratt, PE Published: April, 2010 Spanish explorers called it La Boca, or “the mouth.” Later, General Freemont called it the Golden Gate. Because of the distance, the winds, and the tides, for many years it was thought that the Golden Gate couldn’t be bridged. Engineers, however, came to believe that it could be. […]
BC Staff Report Published: October, 2016 The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) broke ground on its new Central Bay Operations and Maintenance Facility in September, naming it after well-known Alameda businessman, ferry advocate and Harbor Bay Isle developer Ron Cowan. The Ron Cowan Central Bay Operations and Maintenance Facility is a […]
