![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.](history_images/20_canal_800.jpg)
"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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