Capital (sidewheeler)
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Sidewheelers Capital and Contra Costa at Davis Street Landing.jpg |Ship image size=300px |Ship caption=Capital, steamboat, ran on San Francisco Bay and Sacramento River from 1866 to July 1876 when it became a ferry until 1896. }} {{Infobox ship career |Ship country= |Ship flag= |Ship yard number= |Ship owner= |Ship builder=John Gunder North, in San Francisco |Ship name=Capital |Ship namesake= |Ship laid down=1866 |Ship launched=1866 |Ship registry= |Ship fate= Broken up in 1896. |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Ship type= Side-wheel paddle steamer |Ship displacement= 1,989 |Ship length= 277 |Ship beam= |Ship draught= |Ship propulsion= |Ship speed= |Ship complement= |Ship armament= |Ship notes= }} |
Capital, a famous side-wheel steamboat that ran between Sacramento and San Francisco from 1866 to 1896.
Capital was built in San Francisco, by shipbuilder John Gunder North in his shipyard in the Potrero District. Launched in 1866, it was a 277 feet long, 1,989 ton, side-wheel paddle steamer. Capital, was the largest of the steamboats on the rivers in California and the last side-wheel steamer built for the California Steam Navigation Company for the run between Sacramento and San Francisco until it was put to use as a ferry by the railroad between Oakland and San Francisco in July 1876. It remained on the water under various owners until it was broken up 1896.MacMullen, Jerry, Paddle-Wheel Days in California, Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1970.{{rp|63, 128 135}}
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Category:Sidewheel steamboats of California
Category:Ships built in San Francisco
Category:Ferries of California
Category:Transportation in the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:California Steam Navigation Company
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