To celebrate Transit Week (Sep. 25-Oct. 1) in San Francisco, we're taking a gander back at the various modes of transportation that got San Franciscans from point A to point B from the late 1800s to the early 1900s.

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(Photo from a daguerreotype series by William Shew, via Smithsonian National Museum of American History)

Here's a closer look at the many ships that were left behind during the days of the Gold Rush.