Ramon has capacity for nine interurban electric cars; propelled by 8-cylinder motor of 600 hp.; hull is 236 ft. long by 58-ft. beam; cars are carried on main deck, on three tracks each 220 ft. long and holding three cars; largest gasoline engine ever constructed, operating at normal speed of 210 r.p.m., and delivering 600 hp., at this speed; ferry plies between Chipps and Mallard on San Francisco Bay.
World's smallest car ferry
Motor Boat
Motor Boat ; 25 , n 20
1928
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