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Show Largest Car Ferry. The largest car terry in the world transports both freight and passenger ars across Carquinez straits, between Port Costa and Benicia, Cal. It recently recent-ly has been put into operation as a part of the Southern Pacific railroad. The ferry boat is 43 feet long. The hull and superstructure are of wood and required over 2,000,000 feet of lumber. The lumber is held in place by 76 tons of spikes and many tons of smaller nails. The ferry has a capacity of 36 freight cars and two engines, or 24 passenger cars with two engines. It Is operated by electric elec-tric power. |