San Diego Electric Railway/Gallery
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(PD) Photo: Schumacher Portraits
John Diedrich Spreckels,"The Great Builder," in 1901.
(PD) Photo: Unknown
As early as the 1920s rail transport began losing ridership to the automobile.![(PD) Photo: Unknown The Coronado Ferry Company's ferry Ramona (part of the Spreckels transportation empire) plies the waters of San Diego Bay circa 1910. The vessel was built at the Risdon Iron Works in Oakland, California and remained in service until she was scrapped in 1932.[1]](/wiki/images/thumb/c/c8/Coronado_Ferry_Co_Ramona_circa_1910.jpg/300px-Coronado_Ferry_Co_Ramona_circa_1910.jpg)
(PD) Photo: Unknown
The Coronado Ferry Company's ferry Ramona (part of the Spreckels transportation empire) plies the waters of San Diego Bay circa 1910. The vessel was built at the Risdon Iron Works in Oakland, California and remained in service until she was scrapped in 1932.[1]
![(PD) Photo: Unknown The Coronado Ferry Company's ferry Ramona (part of the Spreckels transportation empire) plies the waters of San Diego Bay circa 1910. The vessel was built at the Risdon Iron Works in Oakland, California and remained in service until she was scrapped in 1932.[1]](/wiki/File:Coronado_Ferry_Co_Ramona_circa_1910.jpg)
Notes and references
- ↑ Dodge, p. 128