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Engine water jacket, port side. - Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
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Lowe, Jet

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Shipowners and Merchants Towboat Company; John Dialogue and Son; Western Pacific Railroad; Gray, William J; Hanell, W; Coen Company; Crowley Tug and Launch Company; Rolph Navigation and Coal Company; Thomas and Brown Shipbuilding Company; Alaska Aggregate Corporation; Thomsen, Daniel C; Moore Drydock Company; San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, sponsor; San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, sponsor; Croteau, Todd, project manager; Lockett, Dana, field team; Behrens, Thomas, field team; Lupyak, Edward, field team; Miles, Ted, historian; Croteau, Todd, project manager; San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, sponsor; Christianson, Justine, transmitter
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Engine water jacket, port side. - Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA
Depicted place California; San Francisco County; San Francisco
Date 1988
date QS:P571,+1988-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER CAL,38-SANFRA,201-26
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  • Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ships, and other disabled vessels. Her triple expansion steam engine is in operating condition and she steams San Francisco Bay as a floating exhibition.

At the time of her construction in 1907, HERCULES represented the state of the art in the construction of steam powered tugboats. The vessel currently tied to Hyde Street Pier is little different from when she was launched and stands as a well-preserved model of early twentieth century maritime technology. Beyond her significance as representative of a technological age, HERCULES is important because she and the vessels she towed were a crucial part of the nation's West Coast development.

  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N104
  • Survey number: HAER CA-62
  • Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 75000225.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca1507.photos.041994p
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Object location37° 46′ 30″ N, 122° 25′ 05.99″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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