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From 1825 to 1848 the average number of ships traveling to California increased to about 25 ships per year—a large increase from the average of 2.5 ships per year from 1769 to 1824. [27] The port of entry for trading purposes was the Alta California Capital, Monterey, California, where customs duties of about 100% were applied. These high ...
Shipbuilding companies of California (2 C, 11 P) Ships built in California (6 C, 18 P) Shipwrecks of the California coast (1 C, 119 P)
1839 - An early electric boat was developed by the German inventor Moritz von Jacobi in 1839 in St Petersburg, Russia. It was a 24-foot (7.3 m) boat which carried 14 passengers at 3 miles per hour (4.8 km/h). It was successfully demonstrated to Emperor Nicholas I of Russia on the Neva River.
Steamboats operated in California on San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, and Sacramento River as early as November 1847, when the Sitka built by William A. Leidesdorff briefly ran on San Francisco Bay and up the Sacramento River to New Helvetia. After the first discovery of gold in California the first shipping on ...
Pages in category "Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in California" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Californian, 1984 replica of 1847 cutter C.W. Lawrence and official tall ship of the state of California; America, 1995 replica of the 1851 yacht America that won the trophy now called the America's Cup [3] Medea, 1904 steam yacht that served in both World Wars; Pilot, 1914 harbor pilot boat; HMS Surprise, a 1970 replica of a Royal Navy frigate.
French explorer René Goulaine de Laudonnière leads an expedition of three ships to found the colony of Fort de la Caroline on the May River in Florida. 1564: Spanish conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi leads an expedition of five ships and 500 soldiers from Barra de Navidad in Jalisco to the Philippines.
Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding built some of these sections that were 93 feet long and five stories high. Later Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding also built rescue boats, barges, supply boats, salvage boats and net laying ships. Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding reached a peak employment of 8,000 in 1944. George Pollock closed the shipyard in 1946.