ALAMEDA, a residential city of Alameda county, Califor nia, U.S.A., on an artificial island on the continental side of San Francisco bay, opposite to and about 6m. from San Francisco, and directly south of Oakland, from which it is separated by an estuary spanned by three bridges. South of the city, but within its boundaries, is Bay Farm island, which is practically the city's vegetable garden. Alameda is served by the Southern Pacific railway, and by electric trains or ferries to all the cities around the bay, and there is a traffic tube to Oakland under the canal. An industrial belt line, constructed and owned by the city, is operated jointly by the transcontinental railways which serve the East Bay district (see ALBERT LEA). Population was 28,806 in 1920; and was 35,033 in 193o by the Federal census. Alameda has 14 miles of waterfront, including long stretches of sandy beach used for recreation, besides the large tracts suitable for commercial and industrial purposes. It has 6o miles of paved streets, all lighted by electricity. It has a municipal light and power plant ; a $1,250,000 high school; a municipal golf course; a community hotel; a city-planning commission; and an annual dahlia festival. The industries include large borax works and shipyards; a pottery and a lumber mill; and plants which make pencils, boxes, candy, engines and deep-well pumps. The fleet of a large salmon-packing association has its winter headquarters here. There are already large docks and warehouses, and the city has undertaken extensive developments on its western water front (estimated cost $10,000,000). There was a settlement here before the end of the Mexican period. The town was incorporated in 1854 and in 1885 it was chartered as a city. In 1870 it had a population of 1,557; in 188o, of 5,708. It operates under a free hold charter, and has had the city-manager form of government since 1917.