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Benicia

City in north-central California, 39 km/24 mi northeast of San Francisco, on the northern shore of Carquinez Strait, between Suisun and San Pablo bays; population (1990) 24,400. Founded in 1846, it was capital of California for 13 months in 1853-54; its old capitol is now a museum. The city relies substantially on tourism, and has an arts community.

Its industrial park, on the site of a major 1840s US arsenal, has housed an oil company, a wharf for oceangoing vessels, and the manufacture of dredges, steel plates, and machinery.
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And what made it particularly exasperating was the fact that every fisherman, from Benicia to Vallejo knew that he was successfully defying us.
Tales of the Fish Patrol by London, Jack View in context
When he was shot in Benicia, a couple of years later, the coroner said he was the greatest-shouldered man he had ever seen laid on a slab.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
He had communicated by wireless with the army post at Benicia, the telegraph lines were even then being patrolled by soldiers all the way to Sacramento.
The Strength of the Strong by London, Jack View in context
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