Excavating the tidal canal, ca. 1890.  Devised by the Army Corps of Engineers, this one-mile-long waterway linked the estuary to San Leandro Bay.

"Excavating the tidal canal, ca. 1890.  Devised by the Army Corps of Engineers, this one-mile-long waterway linked the estuary to San Leandro Bay." Pacific Gateway, Woodruff Minor, p. 11

Image courtesy of the Oakland History Room, Oakland Public Library.

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