THEY'RE GONE!
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THE FERRIES

Until the mid-1930s, the ferries were pretty much the only way to travel north or east from San Francisco.  Once the bridges opened, however, SanFranciscans discovered the freedom of driving themselves, and the ferries faded into oblivion.
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