She was also remarkable for being one of the earliest ferries to be powered by a triple-expansion steam engine. Berkeley was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1990 and California State Historical Landmark No. 1031 in 2000. During the time she was docked in Sausalito, actor Sterling Hayden rented one of Berkeleys pilot houses as an office while he wrote his autobiography Wanderer (published in 1963). While Berkeley was under construction in 1898, the battleship was being constructed adjacent to her. On the evening of April 15, 1899, Berkeley may have carried the Stanford Axe from the San Francisco Ferry Building to Oakland after it was stolen by a group of University of California students following a baseball game against Stanford. Current Condition The boilers for the steam engine are no longer operable. One is cutaway so that visitors can see inside it. Below deck, much of the original machinery is still semi-operational. Compressed air, rather than steam, is used to power the machinery so that visitors may see them in operation. The aft of the Berkeley contains two workshops: woodworking is done on the main deck and a room for mixing and storing paint is below it. See also Ferries of San Francisco Bay References "Berkeley: A Pioneering West Coast Ferryboat", in Mains'l Haul Spring 2004 (entire issue) Vol.40, No.2, published by the Maritime Museum of San Diego. External links Photograph postcard, Berkeley docked in Sausalito during the 1960s Maritime Museum of San Diego Ferries of California San Francisco Bay History of Oakland, California History of San Francisco Museum ships in San Diego National Register of Historic Places in San Diego Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in California History of Berkeley, California History of San Diego Maritime incidents in 1900 1906 San Francisco earthquake Steam ferries