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    The Solano was a large railroad ferry, built as a reinforced paddle steamer with independently powered sidewheels by the Central Pacific Railroad, that...
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    Solano County (/səˈlɑːnoʊ/ ) is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, its population was 453,491. The county seat is...
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  • folklorist, and artist Solano (ferry), a large railroad ferry in service 1879–1930 between Benicia and Port Costa, California Solano (wind), an eastern wind...
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    catastrophic failure of Thomas Bouch's Tay Rail Bridge. In 1878, the Solano train ferry began operating in the United States across Carquinez Strait remaining...
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    SolTrans (redirect from SolanoExpress)
    SolTrans, officially Solano County Transit, is a Joint Powers Authority that provides public transportation service to the southern Solano County cities of...
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    Phase B". Solano Transportation Authority. Retrieved 7 October 2023. "San Francisco Bay Ferry Assumes Operation of City of Vallejo's Baylink Ferry Service...
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    The Howard Landing Ferry (also called J-Mac, J-Mack Ferry, Steamboat Slough Ferry, or Grand Island Ferry) is a cable ferry that operates between Ryde...
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    Suisun Bay (category Bodies of water of Solano County, California)
    Railroad built a train ferry that operated between Benicia and Port Costa, California, from 1879 to 1930. The ferry boats Solano and Contra Costa were...
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    Solano Avenue in Berkeley and Albany, California is a two-mile (3.2 km) long east-west street. Solano Avenue is one of the larger shopping districts in...
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    (PDF) (Press release). Solano County Transit. December 29, 2016. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ferry Building. Ferry Building Marketplace Port...
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    Suisun City, California (category Cities in Solano County, California)
    overland route through the new branch from Port Costa, via the railroad ferry Solano to Benicia, across the Suisun Marsh to Suisun City, putting the region...
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    Island Ferry is a ferry that operates between Rio Vista and Ryer Island, crossing Cache Slough in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta in Solano County...
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    200 Late Night Trips" (PDF) (Press release). Solano County Transit. December 29, 2016. "Mare Island Ferry service begins on March 6, 2017" (PDF) (Press...
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    Kitsap Fast Ferries is a passenger ferry service operating between Seattle and Kitsap County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is funded and operated...
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    Carquinez Strait (category Bodies of water of Solano County, California)
    California Zephyr, and Coast Starlight trains. A rail ferry, with the ferries Contra Costa and Solano provided service across the strait from 1878 near the...
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  • two train ferries (later assumed by its affiliate the Southern Pacific) between Benicia and Port Costa, California from 1879 to 1930. Solano and Contra...
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    that operated for 63 years from Rio Vista, California on the Ryer Island Ferry route as part of California State Route 84, and was the oldest and most...
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    2728°W / 37.8903; -122.2728 The Northbrae Tunnel, also referred to as the Solano Avenue Tunnel, was built as a commuter electric railroad tunnel in the northern...
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    Benicia, California (category Cities in Solano County, California)
    established a major railroad ferry across the Carquinez Strait from Benicia to Port Costa. The world's largest ferry, the Solano, later joined by the even...
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    1876, a ferry across the Carquinez Strait was established, and the world's largest ferryboat, the Solano was built (later joined by a sister ferry, the slightly...
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    Ryer Island (category Islands of Solano County, California)
    the Sacramento River, 6.5 miles north-northeast of Rio Vista. It is in Solano County, California, and managed by Reclamation District 501. The 4,750 ha...
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  • This article lists the railroads and a timeline of railroad history in Solano County, California. 1849 Benicia Barracks established as military post which...
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    Vallejo, California (category Cities in Solano County, California)
    Vallejo (/vəˈleɪ(h)oʊ/ və-LAY-(h)oh; Spanish: [baˈʎexo]) is a city in Solano County, California and the second largest city in the North Bay region of...
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    The Solano Avenue Stroll, the oldest and largest street festival in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, is held every September on the Solano Avenue...
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    Mare Island Strait (category Bodies of water of Solano County, California)
    Pablo Bay separating Mare Island and the mainland in Vallejo, California in Solano County. The strait was formerly used by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard until...
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    populous and least urbanized part of the Bay Area. It consists of Marin, Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties. The North Bay is connected to San Francisco by the...
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  • Vidal, Amouris Rainey, Siri Howard, Telly Pontidis, Herbie Duarte, Jared Solano, Scott Coogan, Josiah Trager, Ken Leung 31 The Arrival Orion Pictures /...
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    Berkeley. Service was extended through the tunnel to a new terminal at Solano Avenue and The Alameda on December 6, 1942. The five-car train necessary...
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    1850 Sierra 3,236 953 April 16, 1852 Siskiyou 44,076 6287 March 22, 1852 Solano 453,491 828 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area February...
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    the 2013 television show Golden Boy. Alejandro portrayed Sheriff Tommy Solano in the ABC / A&E series The Returned. In 2013, Alejandro joined the CW series...
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