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Benicia-Martinez Bridge makes history / Bowen, Jerry [61] [WAYITWAS-2001-61]
A letter from Ross Noonan brought an error to my attention in the article about the ferryboat Solano, published January 7. At the end of the article I indicated the Carquinez Bridge was responsible for putting the Solano out of business. Well, that was the wrong bridge and wrong year. I should have stuck to the rule of checking my facts from at least two verifiable sources [...]
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6109 6109

Martinez Benicia Bridge, Carquinez Straits, California
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6112 6112
1936

Largest lift span in the world - Southern Pacifric Company's new $12,000,000 Martinez - Benicia Bridge across Suisuln Bay, Northeast of San Francisco
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0580 0580
1932

Nov., 1932 - Completion of RR Bridge (SP) at Martinez. This engine ran through Vacaville around the turn off the century. Mr. Locy was the engineer..
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4194 4194

News Clipping - First train to cross on the Benicia-Martinez Ferries, the Solano and the Contra Costa
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3983 3983
1950

Ferry boat for cars across Suisun Bay between Benicia and Martinez, Calif. One way to go to San Jose
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Contra Costa 'Other Coast' / Wichels, Ernest [791] [WICHELS-1964-791]
Contra Costa, meaning the "opposite coast," is no longer a stranger. The water barriers have gradually broken down. About Dec. 28, 1885, a ferry carried the first train across Carquinez Strait [...]
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0582 0582
1932

Nov., 1932 - Completion of RR Bridge (SP) at Martinez. This engine ran through Vacaville around the turn off the century. Mr. Locy was the engineer [...]

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2031 2031

Railroad bridge across Carquinez Straits at Benicia
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Young, Wood families part of Solano history / Delaplane, Kristin [351] [ECHOS-1997-351]
It was likely in the 1870s that a sailing vessel passenger Edward A. Young arrived in the Eureka after sailing around the Horn from New Brunswick. By then, lumbering had replaced gold mining as the major income source in this coastal town and Young went to work in the lumbering business. Not too much time passed when he was met with an accident [...]
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