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BLVD to Marina Bay ↓ Molate W. CUTTING BLVD .28 mi 1.17 mi KKMI Boat Ramp BOATYARD Richmond PUBLIC SHORE HOFFMAN BLVD Plunge Street POINT RICHMOND FERRY POINT LOOP CANAL BLVD S. GARRARD

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George D. to I-580 E ↓ School ▾ &RICHMOND SHIPYARD CALIFORNIA 3 TRAIL Carroll Park Trains…bricks…ferries…troopships! WRIGHT AVE. Wade in the Bay at sandy Keller Beach. The 40 years between trains entering FERRY POINT TUNNEL ▶ Must see, must do … Keller Beach Richmond’s Ferry Point to send passengers ▶ Fly a kite along the shoreline; fish from the Ferry Point pier. mi Nicholl Knob

.49 elevation 371 feet and freight to San Francisco and ships ▶ See remnants of historic Kaiser Shipyard 3 and visit the S. S. Red Oak Victory. emerging from Kaiser’s shipyards to help defeat the DORNAN DRIVE .65 .52 mi nation’s World War II enemies is a story of coastline mi ▶ Hike the hillside and ridgeline trails to enjoy sweeping mi vistas of San Francisco Bay. transformation hardly matched in California’s history. .11 ▶ Visit the Golden State Model Railroad Museum. On these trails are many interpretive exhibits with ▶ Picnic and birdwatch at Miller/Knox lagoon; bring binoculars. historic images and compelling stories. Miller/Knox ▶ Shop, snack and dine in Point Richmond Historic District. Regional Shoreline Map Legend HALL AVE.

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Kaiser Shipyard 3 Rosie the Riveter/ Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front .33 World War II Home Front mi National Historical Park Machine National Historical Park Visitor Center East Bay Regional Park District | www.ebparks.org Shop mi Golden State Model Railroad Museum | www.gsmrm.org .79 Richmond Museum of History | www.richmondmuseum.org | ☎ 510-235-7387 NORTH Warehouse Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front, National Historical Park | www.nps.gov/rori | ☎ 510-232-5050 Whirley San Francisco Bay Trail | www.pointrichmond.com/bay-trail/ | www.baytrail.org Crane S. S. Red Oak Victory | www.redoakvictory.us | ☎ 510-237-2933 0 .1 .2 Kilometers approximate Riggers Loft 0 .1 .2 Miles approximate

Design: © 2009, 2012, 2017, 2021 Spokewise Design S.S. Red Oak Victory Trail Etiquette As more of us enjoy the Bay Trail - walkers, joggers, bicyclists, skaters, Ferry Point Loop wheelchair users, and families with strollers – please show courtesy and be Timeline | Richmond’s Ferry Point Loop History safe by following these few simple guidelines. & Shipyard 3 Trail Guide Keep to the right of the trail and save the left side for passing. San Francisco Bay Trail 1900 Santa Fe Railroad completes railroad tunnel through the Potrero Observe posted bike speeds. Adjust your riding speed. Call out or ring hills, running its tracks to Richmond Point. From there, ferries transport your bell when approaching other trail users, especially from behind. Richmond, California cargo, train cars, and passengers to San Francisco. The tracks, built on fill, Respect the privacy of adjacent residents and stay on the trail. enclose a small bay, which becomes a lagoon. In time, Richmond Point takes Please don’t litter. Keep your trail clean and beautiful. on the name by which it is known today, Ferry Point.. Enjoy watching wildlife from a respectful distance, and please don’t feed the animals. 1907 The Los Angeles Pressed Brick Company (later the Richmond Keep your dog on a leash and pick up after your pet – rainwater Pressed Brick Company) begins operations in the area later to be known as washes waste into the bay. Brickyard Cove. Supplying bricks to San Francisco, rebuilding after the disas- Follow park use and parking rules – dawn to dusk. trous earthquake of 1906, the brickyard provides bricks for many Richmond Directions to Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline and Ferry Point buildings. Ceasing operations in the 1960s, two kilns and a smokestack today From BART: Richmond BART/Amtrak Station; Exit to south toward Macdonald mark the spot where this important industry was located. Ave.; Board AC Transit Bus #72M. Get off at the intersection of S. Garrard Blvd. and W. Cutting Blvd. From the bus stop, walk south on S. Garrard Blvd. through 1915 No date figures as prominently tunnel (S. Garrard Blvd. becomes Dornan Drive). Main park entrance is 1/3 mile in the history of pre-war Richmond. With the farther south on Dornan Drive. To confirm bus schedule visit www.511.org. opening of the Panama Canal, Richmond seeks From East Bay: From I-580 in Richmond, exit at Canal Blvd. Turn left onto Canal Los Angeles Pressed Brick Company Blvd. Turn right onto W. Cutting Blvd., then left onto S. Garrard Blvd. Proceed to take its place as a major Pacific port, and joins through the tunnel (S. Garrard Blvd. becomes Dornan Drive) for 1/2 mile. Turn enthusiastically in the festivities taking place in right into main park entrance, or drive another 1/4 mile to Ferry Point entrance. San Francisco, at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. From San Rafael: From I-580 in San Rafael, cross the Richmond-San Rafael To handle the expected trade, a new municipal Bridge. Exit at Canal Blvd. Turn right onto Canal Blvd. Turn right onto W. Cutting Blvd., then left onto S. Garrard Blvd. Proceed through the tunnel (S. wharf, Richmond’s first, is built just to the east Garrard Blvd. becomes Dornan Drive) for 1/2 mile. Turn right into main park of Ferry Point. A new tunnel and roadway are entrance, or drive another 1/4 mile Vallejo completed, leading to the wharf. In the same North to Ferry Point entrance. year, a ferry system begins operations between Richmond and San Rafael. Construction begins on a brand-new city hall, the first San Rafael SanFrancisco Bay to be built to the east of 23rd Street. RICHMOND Point Pinole

The Richmond 1926 Berkeley Natatorium (the “Plunge”) Sacramento opens. Thousands of Golden Gate and Vallejo San Francisco Oakland Richmondites learn to swim Richmond Parkway v. in the warm waters of this East and West A Building the Ferry Point Tunnel in 1914 Brothers Isles n Pablo 80 large municipal pool. Landfill Loop Sa & Wildcat Marsh 1942 Work begins on construction of Kaiser Shipyard 3, to produce troopships for the U.S. Navy during World War II. Of the four shipyards built in Richmond during the war, this is the Richmond Richmond-San Rafael BART/Amtrak San Macdonald Av. P only one remaining. On the National Register of Historic Places, it is also the ablo El Cerrito Bridge Garrard Blvd. Av DelNorte current home of the S.S. Red Oak Victory, the only ship built in Richmond during 23rd . BART the war that has not been scrapped. Cutting Blvd.

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Ferry Point M Marina y . District (EBRPD) opens to the public. In 1977, Keller Beach park is transferred Bay Av Central to the EBRPD by the City of Richmond, becoming part of Miller/Knox Regional Shipyard 3 Point Isabel Oakland Shoreline. SAN FRANCISCO BAY Brooks Island and SF Rosie the Riveter / 2000 Legislation passes to create Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home World War II Home Front This guide is produced with support from Trails for Richmond Action Committee (TRAC), Front National Historical Park that includes historic Kaiser Shipyard 3. Cover photo by Bruce Beyaert. All historical images courtesy of the Richmond Museum History. Rosie the Riveter / WW II Home Front National Historical Park, East Bay Regional Park District, National Historical Park Richmond Museum of History, and City of Richmond. Kaiser Shipyard 3, Point Potrero in 1943