To celebrate Transit Week (Sep. 25-Oct. 1) in San Francisco, we're taking a gander back at the various modes of transportation that got San Franciscans from point A to point B from the late 1800s to the early 1900s.

1860-1875

  

(Photo by Lawrence & Houseworth, publisher, via Online Archive of California)

The Chrysopolis was a side-wheel steamboat that transported locals between SF and Sacramento. It ran from 1860 to 1875, when it was rebuilt as the steam ferry Oakland.