Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1917 — CAN CARRY TWO LONG TRAINS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CAN CARRY TWO LONG TRAINS

FERRYBOAT OF GREAT SIZE

One Operating Between California Points ts Claimed to Be Easily —the Largest in World, A vessel which is claimed to be the largest ferryboat in the world carries trains across Carquinez straits, between Port Costa and Benicia, Cal., a distance of one mile. It is the property: of the Southern Pacific railroad company and is 433 feet in length over all, 116 feet beitm over guards. 66 feet molded beam, and measures 3,800 tons. The deck has four train tracks with a capacity of 36 freight cars or 24 passenger cars, and two locomotives. Two sets of oilburning engines, each of 2.500 horse power, turn a paddle wheel on each side, by which the boat can be swung around in its own length. Hull and superstructure art* of wood and contain 2,000,000 feet of lumber. There are single timbers measuring 26 inches square and 66 feet long, and others 18 inches square-and 116 feet long, used Trr the hull.—Popular Mechanics Magazine.

Southern Pacific Ferryboat, the “Contra Costa," Which Carries Two Freight or Passenger Trains With Ease.