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Solano's sister ship: Contra Costa c. 1917. By 1927, the two ferries had reached their maximum capacity. On May 31, 1928, the Southern Pacific (successor to the Central Pacific in operations of the ferries) authorized construction of a railroad drawbridge from the east side of Benicia to Martinez, which is east of Port
Location of Contra Costa County in California. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Contra Costa County, California.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Contra Costa Times (Contra Costa County) La Crónica (Los Angeles, Spanish, 1872–1892) [6] Hayward Daily Review; Daily Star-Progress [7] Delano Record; Dinuba Sentinel; Evening Outlook (Santa Monica) Fillmore Herald; Fortuna Advance (Fortuna) (existed in 1905) Fullerton News-Tribune [8] The Golden Era (San Francisco) Hayward Journal
Contra Costa County (/ ˌ k ɒ n t r ə ˈ k ɒ s t ə / ⓘ; Contra Costa, Spanish for 'Opposite Coast') is a county located in the U.S. state of California, in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,165,927. [6] The county seat is Martinez.
List table of the properties and districts — listed on the California Historical Landmarks — within Contra Costa County, Northern California.. Note: Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
Contra Costa refers to Contra Costa County, California and many things within or adjacent to its borders, including: Population centers.
Port Chicago was a town on the southern banks of Suisun Bay, in Contra Costa County, California. It was located 6.5 miles (10 km) east-northeast of Martinez, [2] at an elevation of 13 feet (4 m). It is best known as the site of a devastating explosion at its Naval Munitions Depot during World War II.
A rail ferry, with the ferries Contra Costa and Solano provided service across the strait from 1878 near the location of the current rail bridge until the rail bridge was built in 1930. [5] Tall pylons carrying power lines cross the strait as well. The Carquinez Strait Powerline Crossing was the world's first powerline crossing of a large river.