Paul C Trimble

Transport historian Paul C. Trimble, author of Arcadia's Ferries of San Francisco Bay, expounds herein on the roles played by these mighty vessels in developing the state. Through vintage images from the California State Library, Sacramento City Library, Western Railway Museum Archives, J. Porter Shaw Library at the National Maritime Museum, and other collections, these stories tell of a developing California long before the rail and automobile eras girdled the landscape with roads and rails....See more

Transport historian Paul C. Trimble, author of Arcadia's Ferries of San Francisco Bay, expounds herein on the roles played by these mighty vessels in developing the state. Through vintage images from the California State Library, Sacramento City Library, Western Railway Museum Archives, J. Porter Shaw Library at the National Maritime Museum, and other collections, these stories tell of a developing California long before the rail and automobile eras girdled the landscape with roads and rails. The last boat sailed in 1950, but the legacy of these steamers will live forever. See less