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Originally posted by Spanky
As far as dirt filling the bay, the way I heard it was the silt came all the way from gold country and it filled the entire bay. The south end was the shallowist so it was hurt the worst. I was also told that treasure island was dredged from this "gold" silt so that it is why it is called "treasure". That is all suspect hearsay.
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Huh. Apparently a lot of Sacramento River silt that lines the Bay is the result of hydraulic mining in the Gold Country before it was banned in 1884.
However, I don't think that destroyed Alviso's potential as an international port. The introduction of faster train service and a high-profile explosion of the steamer
Jenny Lind did more to seal Alviso's fate.
Other than that your story checks out.
