{"nrhp_refnum":"73000229","name":"EUREKA","other_names":["Ukiah","Ferryboat EUREKA"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"San Francisco Maritime State Historic Park, 2905 Hyde St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Francisco","county":"San Francisco","state":"CA","lat":37.809570585000074,"lon":-122.42166958499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-24","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1985-02-04","areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Engineering","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["national","state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Eureka is a double-ended wooden side-wheel walking beam ferryboat, 277 feet long, built in 1890 at Tiburon and berthed at the San Francisco Maritime State Historic Park, 2905 Hyde Street, San Francisco.","why_significant":"The nomination calls Eureka the finest surviving example of the ferryboats that once served San Francisco Bay and the last of the walking beam ferries used for commuter service. After the 1922 conversion she was the biggest and fastest double-ended passenger ferry in the world. The form notes her historical and structural integrity and her value to the state's maritime story.","narrative":"Eureka is a wooden side-wheel ferryboat moored at the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco, part of the San Francisco Maritime State Historic Park. Launched in 1890 at Tiburon as the Ukiah, she was built by John Dickie for the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad and first carried railroad cars across the bay. In 1922 her owners, the Northwestern Pacific Railroad, lengthened and widened her and renamed her Eureka. She could then carry 2,300 passengers and 120 automobiles, and was the biggest and fastest double-ended passenger ferry in the world. Her single-cylinder vertical beam engine, a walking beam type built by Fulton Iron Works, drives two 27-foot paddle wheels. She ran until 1957, when a sheared crank pin ended her service, and the State of California acquired her in 1958. The nomination considers her the finest surviving bay ferry and the last of the walking beam ferries used for commuters. Her interior retains original benches, carved panelling and turned stanchions.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Built by John Dickie in Tiburon, 1890, for the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Company; engine by Fulton Iron Works, San Francisco","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, with engines and boilers intact and in fair condition, and under constant maintenance as a museum ship in a state historic park; preservation work in progress.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.957567-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/73000229.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000229/2fdec405c7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000229/2fdec405c7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Dennis G. Jarvis","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:California-05942_-_Eureka_(20015170794).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dennis G. Jarvis</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:California-05942_-_Eureka_(20015170794).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123861095","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_(ferryboat)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2278475"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/san-francisco/eureka-73000229/"}