&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Vallejo_ferry_boat_from_Oregonian.jpg) Vallejo during its time as a ferry between Mare Island and Vallejo
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| History | |
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| Owner | Oregon & California Railroad |
| Launched | 1879 |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 123.2 ft (37.6 m) |
| Beam | 31.5 ft (9.6 m) |
| Draft | 9.9 ft (3.0 m) |
| Installed power | 455 hp (339 kW) steam engine |
The Vallejo is a houseboat in Sausalito, California, United States. It was originally a passenger ferry in Portland, Oregon, known as O&CRR Ferry No. 2, in the late 19th century. After falling into disuse in Portland, it was transported to the San Francisco Bay in California, where it was used as a ferry between Vallejo and Mare Island until the end of World War II. It was later purchased by a group led by artist Jean Varda, and repurposed as a houseboat, where a number of parties and salons were hosted. The vessel was sold to the Society for Comparative Philosophy ("SCP") which was created by Alan Watts and Elsa Gidlow to be a charitable and teaching organization in 1962. It hosted many seminars and musical events and attracted many of the leading figures in the San Francisco area counterculture scene of the 1960s,70s and '80s. Jean Varda rented from the SCP until his death in the early 1970s. The Society continued, with Elsa Gidlow in a leadership role, until her death in 1986.