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Ferry El Capitan
Speaking Trumpet

Presentation Speaking Trumpet

"From A.A. Cohen

President of the S.F. & Oakland R.R. Co.

TO

W.E. Bushnell

Master of the Co's Steamer

El Capitan"

Courtesy Keith Ricks Collection.

Related Links - Alfred A. Cohen (1829-1887) / San Francisco and Oakland Railroad / El Capitan Steam Ferry Service

• Alameda History
  "Excellent transportation and temperate weather made Alameda a popular home for San Francisco commuters. A.A. Cohen's steam railroad and ferry line began service in 1864 ... "
• Recollections of Henry Root
• Alameda History
  "Rail and ferry service played a pivotal role in development. The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869 and Alameda was the western terminus for two short months until the Central Pacific Railroad extended its Oakland pier. Alfred A. Cohen, owned most of what is now called Fernside, building a commuter rail service through town which traveled along Lincoln Ave. (Railroad Ave. then), before continuing  to San Leandro and Hayward. ...
  1864
       • London born attorney A.A. Cohen establishes the San Francisco & Alameda Railroad along Lincoln Avenue (then called Railroad Avenue). He also starts regular ferry service between Alameda's West End and San Francisco, using the ship Sophia McLane. Cohen also mapped the town of Woodstock (one of three small towns on the Alameda peninsula) laid out blocks and lots and named the streets for trees and landholders.
       • The San Francisco & Alameda Railroad (also nicknamed Cohen's Line) opens five stations along its line: Fernside, Alameda (at Park), Fasskings (on Grand Street), Bay Street, and Mastick (on 8th Street)."
• Fernside, 1870 estate of A. A. Cohen, counsel to Central Pacific Railroad
• Fremont's historic A.A. Cohen Hotel burned down in 1992
• A.A. Cohen portrait exists
• A.A. Cohen Correspondence at Stanford University
• A.A. Cohen Correspondence at Stanford University
• Missing Gold [?same A.A. Cohen]
• Cohen-Bray House (son)
  "A. A. Cohen had in 1863 established the first railroad and ferry system in Alameda County and also served as chief attorney for the Central Pacific Railroad."
• "In the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the State of California in and for the City and County of California, Anthony Egl et als Plaintiffs, vs. The Central Pacific Railroad Company, Defendants. Complaint. Alfred A. Cohen, Delos Lake Attorneys for Plaintiffs."
• An Address on the Railroad Evil and Its Remedy Delivered by A. A. Cohen, Esq. At Platt's Hall, San Francisco, on Saturday, Aug. 2, 1879.