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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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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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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Limited onto the train-ferry Solano at Port Costa, San Francisco, Southern Pacific R.R. Classification yard and two docking train ferries in Detroit, April...
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Vallejo Station (redirect from Vallejo ferry)
"CHL # 574 State Capitol in Vallejo Solano". CaliforniaHistoricalLandmarks.com. Retrieved 2018-06-27. "Vallejo Ferry". Monday, 1 July 2019 York, Jessica...
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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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(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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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SolTrans (category Public transportation in Solano County, California)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 near the location...
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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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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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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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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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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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ferry Solano, owned and operated by the Central Pacific Railroad. This put Port Costa on the main route of the transcontinental railroad. The Solano,...
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CA Metropolitan Statistical Area Sierra 3,236 953 Siskiyou 44,076 6287 Solano 453,491 828 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area Sonoma 488...
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