Work at Ferry Point – Richmond, California
Photos of Lind Marine equipment at Ferry Point, Richmond, California. The company was contracted to remove old pier piles.
Ferry Point was the western terminus of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The pier was built in 1900 to facilitate intermodal freight and passenger transport from Richmond to San Francisco and other locations around San Francisco Bay.
Spud barge Sonnee Delight with a material handler on deck (left) and deck barge Andrew Carter (right). 3 August 2024.
Barges Sonnee Delight and Andrew Carter. The old wood piles that have been removed can be seen on the deck of Andrew Carter. The wheelhouse of tug Shelley Lind is visible just aft of Andrew Carter. 3 August 2024.
Gantry and machinery house located on the pier. There are plans to preserve these historic structures. 3 August 2024.
To learn more about the history and fate of the pier, see: “Make Way for Eelgrass: Dilapidated, Unsafe, Toxic Old Pier to be Removed at Last” (Bay Nature, 25 January 2024).
Thank you for the update on the piers, and for capturing some of the lesser-known craft around our waterways. Lind’s fleet is mostly second-hand. ANDREW CARTER was built in 1957 by Todd, Seattle as the FOSS 183. SONNY DELIGHT is a 140-foot barge of questionable origin but was among the “floating equipment” sold on the closure of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard.