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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

F2. Maritime Culture, Heritage, Archaeology, Art and Museums

Definition

Hosts Balclutha, Eureka, and other vessels.

A National Park Service unit on the San Francisco waterfront, established as a national historical park in 1988 around the Hyde Street Pier fleet and the Aquatic Park district. Its preserved vessels include the 1886 steel square-rigger Balclutha, the 1890 steam ferry Eureka, the 1895 schooner C.A. Thayer, the steam schooner Wapama, and the 1907 steam tug Hercules, with a maritime research library at Fort Mason.

Source: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, established 1988; Hyde Street Pier fleet including the 1886 Balclutha.