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Description: National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco, California. Historic ships at Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park, San Francisco, California, USA. Photographed 2008-03-08 by Mike Hofmann from the rear balcony of the South End Rowing Club, 500 Jefferson St, San Francisco. Ships from left to right: "Balclutha" (square-rigged sailing ship), "Eppleton Hall" (paddlewheel tug with white smokestack), "Hercules" (steam tug with red smokestack) "C. A. Thayer" (schooner in renovation) and "Eureka" (steam ferry boat with black smokestack). The main mast of the scow schooner, "Alma" can be seen beyond the "Hercules" smokestack. Alcatraz Island is on the horizon in the right of the photo, beyond the Hype St. Pier sign. Camera location 37° 48′ 29.16″ N, 122° 25′ 15.96″ W  View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth 37.808100; -122.421100
Title: San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park
Credit: Own work
Author: Sanfranman59
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License: CC BY-SA 3.0
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