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25-563: The terminal is located at Ford Point on the Richmond Inner Harbor which opens in to San Francisco Bay . Ford Point derives its name from the historic Ford Plant that is located adjacent and has been converted to an industrial park and event space. The location was originally called Ellis Landing, which was a shipping port since 1849. Schooners transported agricultural products from Contra Costa to San Francisco from that port, and brought back supplies for "mining districts up

50-422: A contactless Clipper card the charge is $ 6.75 moreover youth, seniors, and disabled passengers paid $ 4.50 with children 5 and under riding free as of January 4, 2019. Passengers riding to the terminal on AC Transit's route 74, a 10-minute ride from the downtown Richmond station, receive a $ 2.25 discount on their fare. Bike lockers and bike racks have been installed at the terminal as well. New condos were built near

75-602: A peak of up to 1,800 when fully developed. Weekend service is planned to support visitors to the adjacent Craneway Pavilion and the nearby Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park . 35 million dollars in Regional Measure 3 funds are earmarked for the expanded service however court challenges to the $ 3 Bay Area bridge toll increase have tied up the funds. Although mayor Butt believed

100-714: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant The Ford Richmond Plant , formally the Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant , in Richmond, California , was the largest assembly plant to be built on the West Coast and its conversion to wartime production during World War II aided the United States ' war effort. The plant is part of the Rosie

125-495: Is composed of a two-story section, a single-story section, a craneway , a boiler house and a shed canopy structure over the railroad track. To ensure that America prepared for total war by mobilizing all the industrial might of the United States, President Franklin D. Roosevelt banned the production of civilian automobiles during World War II. The Richmond Ford Assembly Plant switched to assembling jeeps and to putting

150-657: The East Bay's northern East Shore. The harbor provides excellent protection as it lies protected by Brooks Island an extensive breakwater inside the already protected San Francisco Bay . The harbour connects to the Santa Fe Channel and its chanellets in addition to the Richmond Marina Bay and Campus Bay . Baxter Creek and Meeker Slough Creek's mouths and deltas drain into the harbor. This Contra Costa County, California –related article

175-824: The Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant in Richmond, California. In 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake severely damaged the plant. After the earthquake, the City of Richmond repaired and prepared the Ford Assembly building for rehabilitation and selected Orton Development as the developer of the rehabilitation project. In 2008, after the building's rehabilitation was completed, tenants including SunPower Corporation and Mountain Hardwear made

200-552: The Ford plant was then called, helped keep American fighting men supplied with up-to-the-minute improvements in their battle equipment. Approximately 49,000 jeeps were assembled and 91,000 other military vehicles were processed here. In mobilizing the wartime production effort to its full potential, Federal military authorities and private industry began to work closely together on a scale never seen before in American history. This laid

225-701: The Marina Bay District in 2017, but discontinued it several years later. On January 10, 2019, after delays, the San Francisco Bay Ferry launched its service from this terminal. The journey to the San Francisco Ferry Building takes approximately 35 minutes. The regular fare is $ US 6.75 with free parking compared with BART trains from the nearby El Cerrito Plaza station for $ 7.50 plus an additional $ 4 for parking to downtown San Francisco. Passengers stated to

250-772: The Richmond study is planned to commence in the summer of 2008. In 2012 WETA rebranded as the San Francisco Bay Ferry began operation of its first new ferry run, the South San Francisco Ferry and as such began exploring opportunities for additional new services was launched. Planning meetings were held to reopen and remodel the terminal at the Craneway Pavilion in Richmond's Marina Bay . A public comment period found that there were concerns for walking distance between ferry and parking and also bicycle parking. An environmental review

275-620: The Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . It currently houses the National Park Service visitor center, several private businesses and the Craneway Pavilion , an event venue. Built in 1930 during the Great Depression , the assembly plant measures nearly 500,000 square feet (46,450 m ). The factory was a major stimulant to

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300-671: The building their new home. The craneway ("Craneway Pavilion") of the building is also used for banquets, weddings, and corporate events. In 2018, the Craneway Conference Center was the venue for West Edge Opera 's summer opera festival. In April 2020, Contra Costa County officials announced that the Craneway Pavilion would be converted into a 250-bed hospital for COVID-19 patients who do not require an intensive care unit level of care, which has since closed. The California National Guard helped set up

325-596: The continued production of the Ford Plant. The last Ford was assembled in February 1953, with the plant being closed in 1956 and production transferred to the San Jose Assembly Plant because of the inability to accommodate increased productivity demands. The plant was featured in the movie Tucker: The Man and His Dream . Principal photography started with first unit shooting on April 13, 1987 in

350-512: The day. The trial will begin August 3 and last through the first week of November. Richmond Inner Harbor 37°54′07″N 122°20′28″W  /  37.9018697°N 122.3410816°W  / 37.9018697; -122.3410816 Richmond Inner Harbor is a deepwater body of water in Richmond, California . The harbor lies between Ferry Point and Point Isabel, between the mainland and Brooks Island in western Contra Costa County along

375-452: The ferry and the developer cited the proximity to it for their development. Melvin Willis one of Richmond's rotating vice mayors stated there should be "vigilance" regarding the project in not pricing people out nor raising rents and causing gentrification. Betty Reid Soskin a park ranger at the national monument however stated she hoped it would be a boost for business in the area and lead to

400-535: The finishing touches on tanks , half-tracked armored personnel carriers , armored cars and other military vehicles destined for the Pacific Theater . By July 1942, military combat vehicles began flowing into the Richmond Ford plant to get final processing before being transported out the deep-water channel to the war zones. The "Richmond Tank Depot" (only one of three tank depots in the country ) as

425-547: The groundwork for what became known as the " military-industrial complex " during the Cold War years. This Assembly Plant was one cog in the mobilization of the " Arsenal of Democracy " and a historic part of what is today's industrial culture of the United States. After the war, the devastation to the local economy as a result of the closing of the Richmond Shipyards would have been crippling had it not been for

450-511: The local and regional economy and was an important development in Richmond's inner harbor and port plan. Ford became Richmond's third largest employer, behind Standard Oil and the Santa Fe Railroad . It is also an outstanding example of 20th-century industrial architecture designed by architect Albert Kahn , known for his "daylight factory" design, which employed extensive window openings that became his trademark. The main building

475-399: The media that they felt "safer" using the ferry compared to BART. While mayor Tom Butt stated that he felt the new ferry system was positive with regards to development in the city. The service provides an alternative to what is dubbed as one of the "worst" commutes in the region (Interstate 80). The ferry service was initially project to carry an estimated 400 passengers daily increasing to

500-587: The project, instead supporting using the site for expanded Toyota vehicle importation parking, in which said company has expressed an interest. The impetus for the reinstated ferry service continued in 2008 when the powers behind planning the project determined that there needed to be 750 "rooftops" within a half mile of the terminal site to generate significant and sustainable ridership figures. Senator Don Perata has secured 2 million dollars in monies from California State Proposition 1B for studies of several ferry proposals including new Richmond-San Francisco service;

525-423: The river." The terminal hosted a commuter ferry service to the San Francisco Ferry Building weekdays and Fisherman's Wharf on weekends in addition to special AT&T Park service during the baseball season with a voyage taking approximately 45 minutes one-way. The service began in 1999, but was discontinued in the late 2000s in the economic downturn following the dot-com bust . Ferry ridership plummeted and

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550-522: The service became economically unsustainable, which led Red and White Fleet to discontinue the service. Ridership was 45 per trip while about 200 were needed for fiscal sustainability. The terminal had its own dedicated AC Transit feeder service from Point Richmond and downtown Richmond with route 374 also now discontinued. In 2007 most of the Richmond City Council except Tom Butt and Mayor Gayle McLaughlin had lost interest in

575-547: The terminal becoming the East Bay's gateway to Alcatraz . By June 2019, six months into the service it met its ridership goals six years early with 740 boardings a day with projected ridership of 480 that early on. Weekend service will begin in August 2019 according to mayor Butt. The service will be on a three-month trial basis with regular fares and departure times as early as 9:30   am from Richmond and returning service as late as 8:20   pm from San Francisco with 5 trips each way spread out more or less evenly throughout

600-537: The terminal would help development city councilmember Eduardo Martinez quipped that there should be affordable housing included in one of the Bay Area's last "bastions of affordability". Currently four ferries depart each weekday morning starting at 6:10   am and continuing until 8:40   am. Return trips from San Francisco run from 4:30   pm to 6:50   pm. There are also two reverse commute trips going both ways. Fares are $ 9 one-way however if paying with

625-470: Was ordered to last up to nine months. Funding was approved in 2015, with service then expected to begin in 2018. In April 2016, the San Francisco Ferry building secured a $ 4 million federal grant. The funds were used for construction of new berths beginning in 2017 Tideline started offering a private 35 minute US$ 11 one-way service to the San Francisco Ferry Building from a separate pier in

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