A chronological list of the important events for
the topic "San Francisco Bay"
Timeline
1849 Regular steamboatSteamboat A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a boat [i] or vessel [i] which is p ...
service from the west to the east coast of the United StatesUnited States The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., a...
begins with the arrival of the SS ''California'' in San Francisco Bay. The ''California'' left New York HarborNew York Harbor New York Harbor, a geographic term, refers collectively to the rivers, bays, and tidal estuaries near th...
on October 6, 1848, rounded Cape Horn at the tip of South AmericaSouth America South America is a continent [i] situated in the western hemisphere [i] and, mostly, ...
, and arrived at San Francisco, CaliforniaSan Francisco, California The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth-largest city in California [i] and the fourteenth-lar ...
after the 4 month 21 day journey.
1933 Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
1963 Alcatraz, a federal penitentiary on an island in San Francisco Bay, closes; the last 27 prisoners are transferred elsewhere at the order of Attorney General Robert F Kennedy.
Timeline
