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Author:	Walter Rice
Co-authors:	Emiliano Echeverria
Title:	The Key System
Subtitle:	San Francisco And The Eastshore Empire
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing
Country:	USA
Date:	2007
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Transport, History, Photography
ISBN-13:	9780738547220
Rating:	Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	2 Own
Price Guide:	Valuation Page
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WPLives 10th Jun 2021		It is difficult now to imagine San Francisco Bay without bridges, but not too long ago, a complex system of ferries and trains helped span the waters in an elegant way. The Key System was a huge portion of this network; it was part of businessman "Borax" Smith's method to attract San Francisco workers to live in the cities of Berkeley, Oakland, and Piedmont, where he dealt in real estate. The Southern Pacific Railroad was the Key System's fierce competitor, then later an ally, before it was vanquished. Thousands of commuters rode the system for years, until a ridership decline eventually doomed the Key when bridges finally crisscrossed the bay.

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