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Title
"Moonlight on the Sacramento River"
Date Created and/or Issued
1910
Contributing Institution
Sacramento Public Library
Collection
Sacramento Room Postcards
Rights Information
This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description
Shown in circa 1910 is a barge on the Sacramento River. For nearly a century, and beginning in 1875, River Lines provided transport for cargo - canned goods, rice, and wool - from Sacramento to Colusa, From Sacramento to San Francisco, and points in-between. By the early 1950s, River Lines was responsible for transporting nearly 825,000 tons of goods, annually.
Type
image
Identifier
BBSAC683
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll2/id/1554
Subject
Rivers
Boats
Barges
Maritime Shipping
Sacramento River

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