{"id":492,"date":"2011-04-29T15:02:57","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T22:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=492"},"modified":"2023-10-25T15:07:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T22:07:52","slug":"the-benson-rafts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=492","title":{"rendered":"The Benson Rafts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Prolonged blasts from nearly all the steam whistles in town heralded the arrival of the big Benson log raft at noon today . . . during its slow passage up the bay crowds of people hastened to the water front. Before the big mass of timber had reached the wharves all the docks were lined with spectators. &#8212;<\/em>San Diego Tribune, September 8, 1906.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The story of San Diego&#8217;s ocean-going timber: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Benson-Rafts3.pdf\">\u00a0The Benson Rafts.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_494\" style=\"width: 468px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Benson_raft.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-494\" data-attachment-id=\"494\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=494\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Benson_raft.jpg?fit=1890%2C1235&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1890,1235\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Benson_raft\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Courtesy Maritime Museum of San Diego.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Benson_raft.jpg?fit=1024%2C669&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-494 \" title=\"Benson_raft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Benson_raft.jpg?resize=458%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Benson_raft.jpg?resize=1024%2C669&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Benson_raft.jpg?resize=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Benson_raft.jpg?w=1890&amp;ssl=1 1890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Maritime Museum of San Diego.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 10px;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandiegoyesterday.com%2F%3Fp%3D492&amp;layout=standard&amp;show-faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:26px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prolonged blasts from nearly all the steam whistles in town heralded the arrival of the big Benson log raft at noon today . . . during its slow passage up the bay crowds of people hastened to the water front. 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