1886 Square-Rigged Balclutha

The three masted, steel hulled ship carried cargo all over the world, requiring a crew of about 26 men to handle her complex rigging of 25 sails. It was launched in 1886 by the Charles Connell and Company shipyard near Glasgow, Scotland. It carried goods around Cape Horn 17 times. She eventually worked under Hawaiian registry and then in Alaskan waters for the Alaska Packers Association, being retired in 1930. She appeared in the film Mutiny on the Bounty, barely avoided being scrapped for metal during Wold War II, was purchased by the San Francisco Maritime Museum in 1954 and restored. It was transferred to the National Park Service in 1978. For additional history on this ship, go to http://www.nps.gov/safr/historyculture/balclutha-history.htm.
To the right is the 1890 steam-powered ferry Eureka.