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Source:
LAFD Photo
Under Construction |
| Date
Opened |
October
20, 1925 |
| Land
Cost |
Harbor
Department |
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Building Cost |
$106,000. |
| Sq.Ft. |
Main Bld.
12,318
Boat House 1,300
Handball Court 1,080
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| Sq.Ft.
Site |
19,753 |
| Telephone
No. |
TE 2-9232 |
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Boat
3 quartered at Boat 2 March 22, 1928 |
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The Pacific Queen, shown here berthed next to Boa2's quarters, was in
Los Angeles for the filming of the movie "Mutiny On the Bounty"..
December 20, 1934
Note on the Pacific Queen:
Balclutha is a steel-hulled squared rigged sailing ship, built in
1886. She is named after the town of Balclutha in New Zealand and is
currently preserved at San Francisco, California.
The Balclutha was built in 1886 by Charles Connell & Co. Ltd., of
Glasgow in Scotland, for Robert McMillan, of Dumbarton in Scotland.
Designed as a general trader, Balclutha rounded Cape Horn 17 times in
13 years. During this period she carried cargoes such as wine, case
oil, and coal from Europe and the East Coast of the United States to
various ports in the Pacific. These included Chile for nitrate,
Australia and New Zealand for wool, Burma for rice, San Francisco for
grain, and the Pacific Northwest for timber.
In 1899 the Balclutha transferred to the registry of Hawaii, and
traded timber from the Pacific Northwest to Australia, returning to
San Francisco with Australian coal.
In 1902 the Balclutha was renamed the Star of Alaska and joined the
salmon fishing trade, sailing north from the San Francisco area to
Alaska in April with supplies, fishermen and cannery workers, and
returned in September with canned salmon. For this trade she carried
over 200 crew, as compared to the 26 man crew she carried as the
Balclutha. Her last voyage in this trade was in 1930.
In 1933, the Star of Alaska was renamed the Pacific Queen. In this
guise she appeared in the film Mutiny on the Bounty starring Clark
Gable and Charles Laughton. She then eked out an existence as an
exhibition ship, gradually deteriorating.
In 1954, the Pacific Queen was acquired by the San Francisco Maritime
Museum, who restored her and renamed her back to Balclutha. In 1985
she was designated a National Historic Landmark. She is now one of the
exhibits of the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park and is
to be found moored at the park's Hyde Street Pier.
The Balclutha also played the ship Bounty in the classic film, Mutiny
on the Bounty. |
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