Drawbridge, California facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids Drawbridge
Former settlement
Aerial image of Drawbridge
Drawbridge Location in San Francisco Bay Area
Country	United States
State	California
County	Alameda
City	Fremont
Elevation	7 ft (2 m)

Drawbridge (formerly Saline City) is a ghost town with an abandoned railroad station located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay, next to Station Island, now a part of the city of Fremont, California, United States. It is located on the Union Pacific Railroad 6 miles (10 km) south of downtown Fremont, at an elevation of 7 feet (2 m). Formerly used as a hunting village, it has been a ghost town since 1979 and is slowly sinking into the marshlands. It is now part of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay Wildlife Refuge and is illegal to visit.

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Abandoned buildings in Drawbridge in 2012

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