Drawbridge, California
Drawbridge | |
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Former settlement | |
Coordinates: 37°27′54″N 121°58′28″W / 37.46500°N 121.97444°W | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Alameda |
City | Fremont |
Elevation | 7 ft (2 m) |
Drawbridge (formerly Saline City)[2] is a ghost town[3] with an abandoned railroad station located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay, next to Station Island, now a part of the city of Fremont, California, United States. It is located on the Union Pacific Railroad 6 miles (10 km) south of downtown Fremont,[2] 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.[3] It is now part of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge and is illegal to visit.[4]
History
Drawbridge was created by the
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
After the drawbridges were removed and most of the residents had left, the
See also
References
- ^ "Drawbridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 19 January 1981. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ a b c d Jones, Carolyn (March 25, 2010). "Ghost town of Drawbridge is going down into bay". SFGate. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
- ^ "Drawbridge | San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society".
- ^ San Jose Underbelly, "Drawbridge Lowdown", accessed October 12, 2007
- ^ "Drawbridge, CA: Returning the Tide" (PDF). United States Fish and Wildlife Service. September 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 23, 2007. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
- ^ Steiner, John (2003). "Drawbridge: A Ghost Town Revisited" (PDF). Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 12, 2006. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
Further reading
- Video and Images of Drawbridge 2014 and 2016
- Barry, Shannon (August 15, 2012). "Fading History: Forgotten town of Drawbridge is slowly sinking into the South Bay marsh". Milpitas Post. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2018.