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Jun 15, 2019 In a dimly lit basement room on Fisherman’s Wharf, well-fed rats are scurrying around, their hairless tails trailing behind them as they pick up and eat individual pieces of breakfast cereal and glance around with their beady eyes. In almost all cases, this would be cause for a San Francisco business to get an untimely visit from the city’s... president Jun 6, 2019 The Enhydra is the Red and White Fleet’s first hybrid electric ferry boat, and while it still burns some diesel fuel to keep its massive batteries topped off for a full day of sightsee...

© Pedro Salaverría/Shutterstock.com Legend holds that Lisbon, Portugal’s capital, was founded by the ancient Greek hero Odysseus. Although these 17 buildings might not be quite as fantastical as that claim, they will delight you just the same. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die , edited by Mark Irving (2016). Writers’ names appear in parentheses. Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória , Commissioned by King John I, the monastery at Batalha (Portuguese for “battle”) was built to commemorate the victory ...

Crabbers sue port of San Francisco over giant fire at Fisherman's Wharf shed FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Demolition workers at Pier 45 in July. A fire on May 23 destroyed Shed C, where crabbers stored equipment. They have sued the city’s port for their losses.Santiago Mejia / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Firefighters spray water on the Pier 45 fire that began in the warehouse early on May 23. The Jeremiah O’Brien is docked is seen behind the burning pier.Paul Kuroda / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of3 Pier 45 is a ruin after a massive fire in May destroyed Shed C, wher...

(Courtesy photo) Dec. 12, 1955: First prototype of hovercraft patented by British engineer Christoper Cockerell. A hovercraft, also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, is an amphibious craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice, and other surfaces. Hovercraft use blowers to produce a large volume of air below the hull, or air cushion, that is slightly above atmospheric pressure. The pressure difference between the higher pressure air below the hull and lower pressure ambient air above it produces lift, which causes the hull to float above the running surface. For stabili...