The ghost town of Drawbridge, formerly known as Saline City, was abandoned decades ago and is now slowly sinking into the marsh near San Jose. A century ago, the island town of Drawbridge held 90 homes, hotels and cabins, with hunting so bountiful that dead ducks served as currency at its gambling tables. Now — in a rare act of reverse colonization — civilization is ceding to the elements in this windswept marsh, located near Alviso at the southern end of San Francisco Bay. Rising tides flood a dozen or so surviving skeletal structures. Owls nest inside battered roofs. Mud entombs a once-tidy network of boardwalks. Published July 17, 2018: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/07/17/how-drawbridge-is-drowning-and-what-it-means-for-our-future/
