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|subdivision_name2 = [[Alameda County, California|Alameda County]] |
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|subdivision_name3 = [[Fremont, California|Fremont]] |
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'''Drawbridge''' (formerly '''Saline City''')<ref name=CGN /> is a [[ghost town]]<ref name=SFChron/> with an abandoned railroad station located at the southern end of the [[San Francisco Bay]] on [[Station Island, California|Station Island]], now a part of the city of [[Fremont, California|Fremont]], [[California]], [[United States]]. It is located on the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} south of downtown [[Fremont, California|Fremont]],<ref name=CGN>{{California's Geographic Names|625}}</ref> at an elevation of 7 feet (2 m). Formerly used as a hunting village, it has been a [[ghost town]] since 1979 and is slowly sinking into the marshlands.<ref name=SFChron/> |
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[[Image:Drawbridge California aerial photo.jpg|275px|left|thumb|Aerial image of Drawbridge, on the San Francisco Bay]] |
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Drawbridge was created by the [[narrow-gauge]] [[South Pacific Coast Railroad]] on Station Island in 1876 and consisted of one small cabin for the operator of the railroad's two [[drawbridge]]s crossing Mud Creek Slough and Coyote Creek Slough to connect [[Newark, California|Newark]] with [[Alviso, California|Alviso]] and [[San Jose, California|San Jose]]. At one time 10 passenger trains stopped there per day, five going north and five going south. The drawbridges were removed long ago. The only path leading into Drawbridge is the Union Pacific Railroad track. |
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In the 1880s, on weekends nearly 1,000 visitors flocked to the town. By the 1920s, although the town had no roads, it did have 90 buildings, and was divided into two neighborhoods: the predominantly [[Roman Catholic]] South Drawbridge, and the predominantly [[Protestant]] North Drawbridge.<ref name=SFChron>Jones, Carolyn. "[http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Ghost-town-of-Drawbridge-is-going-down-into-bay-3269448.php San Francisco Chronicle, ''Ghost town of Drawbridge is going down into bay]." ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''. March 25, 2010. Retrieved on July 25, 2012.<!--Old URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/25/BADE1CKPIB.DTL--></ref> |
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After the turn bridge drawbridges were removed and most of the residents had left, the ''[[San Jose Mercury News]]'' for years incorrectly reported that the town was a ghost town and that the residents left valuables behind. As a result, the people still living there had their homes vandalized.<ref>[http://www.sanjose.com/underbelly/unbelly/Draw/draw10.html ''San Jose Underbelly,'' "Drawbridge Lowdown"], accessed October 12, 2007</ref> The town's last resident is said to have left in 1979, and Drawbridge is considered to be the [[San Francisco Bay Area]]'s only ghost town.<ref name=SFChron/> Drawbridge is now part of the [[Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge]]<ref>[http://www.fws.gov/desfbay/pdf/Drawbridge4.pdf U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, ''Drawbridge, CA: Returning the Tide,'' September 2003, pdf], accessed June 3, 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.fws.gov/desfbay/Archives/Drawbridge/Drawbridge.pdf Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, John Steiner, ''Tideline Newsletter,'' "Drawbridge: A Ghost Town Revisited," pdf, nd], accessed June 3, 2007</ref> and is no longer open to the public due to restoration efforts, though it can still briefly be viewed from [[Altamont Commuter Express]], [[Capitol Corridor]], and [[Coast Starlight]] trains. |
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[[File:Crossing the Bay 6.jpg|thumb|Abandoned buildings at Drawbridge]] |
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== Notes == |
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==External links== |
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{{Portal|San Francisco Bay Area}} |
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*[http://www.sanjose.com/underbelly/unbelly/Draw/draw1.html Drawbridge, California - A Hand-Me-Down History] |
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*[http://www.fws.gov/desfbay/pdf/Drawbridge4.pdf Drawbridge, CA Re-turning the Tide] by [[US Fish and Wildlife Service]] |
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*[http://baytrail.abag.ca.gov/vtour/map3/access/BTAlviso/Btalviso1.htm Alviso: Town and Slough] |
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{{coord|37|27|59|N|121|58|30|W|type:city_region:US-CA|display=title}} |
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{{Alameda County, California}} |
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[[Category:Geography of Fremont, California]] |
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[[Category:Southern Pacific Railroad stations in Alameda County, California]] |
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[[Category:Populated places established in 1876]] |
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[[Category:Ghost towns in the San Francisco Bay Area]] |
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[[Category:Railroad bridges in California]] |
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[[Category:Former settlements in Alameda County, California]] |
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