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DOCUMENT Full-Text Kathryn Puseman.

Nine fragments of wood from various portions of the Clarksburg Ferry were submitted for identification. This ferry is the second ferry that operated at Clarksburg, California, across the Sacramento River. The second ferry is noted to have been built in 1920 and was in operation until it sank in 1928. Fragments of wood were recovered from the floor, outer hull plank, longitudinal bulkhead, chine clamp, futtock, end/transverse chine log, lower deck planking, and upper deck sheathing of the ferry.