Eureka, a side-wheel paddle steamboat
Eureka, a side-wheel paddle steamboat constructed in 1890, is the largest wooden ship still afloat. It is a National Historic Landmark and a museum ship situated at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California.
It is significant because the ship is the last surviving example of double-ended steam ferryboats, which once dominated the San Francisco Bay.
It was originally called the ‘Ukiah’ to celebrate the railway’s extension into the city of the same name. The ship was built at the Tiburon yard of the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Company.
What makes it even more unique is that Eureka is one of the only two remaining ships with a walking beam engine and the only one which is still afloat.
The large, single-cylinder steam engine showcases 19th-century engineering. It was powered by coal-fired boilers that were converted to oil in the 1900s. Visitors can see this machinery in the engine room, a part of the museum experience.
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