Highlights from Two Centuries of Waterfront History

 

Setting the Course -
   the early history of the
   Oakland waterfront:

Oakland's Birth on the Waterfront

The Waterfront Changes Hands

The Waterfront Wars

Oakland Regains its Waterfront
 

 

Working Waterfront -
   the evolution of a working port:

Moore Dry Dock and the Ship Builders
  of the Estuary

The Waterfront Brings Home the Bacon

The Mechanization & Modernization
  Agreement

Containers Transform the Waterfront
 

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