As part of an ongoing series, Bay Crossings offers a closer look at some of the businesses that make up Alameda’s working waterfront community—a thriving hotbed of distinctive, innovative and thoroughly hip young companies.
DOER’s Ocean Explorer HOV 1000, a next-generation research submersible
BC Staff Report
Published: May, 2014
As part of an ongoing series, Bay Crossings offers a closer look at some of the businesses that make up Alameda’s working waterfront community—a thriving hotbed of distinctive, innovative and thoroughly hip young companies.
DOER (Deep Ocean Exploration and Research)
1827 Clement Ave. Building 19
Alameda CA 94501
Tel: (510) 530-9388
What: A cutting-edge marine research company and submersible manufacturer founded by Dr. Sylvia Earle, a real-life Indiana Jones who was the first female chief scientist of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and an explorer in residence at the National Geographic Society. The company is now run by her daughter Liz Taylor.
Where: Within Svensons Marina, Alameda
Why You Should Care: This is your chance to visit Q’s Workshop. See a QE HOV 1000 personal submarine (pictured), Terrestrial & Underwater Levee Evaluation (TULE) systems, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) like those used to find lost airliners and much more.
Who: Liz Taylor, CEO; Ian Griffith, operations; Tony Lawson, director of engineering
How You Can Check It Out: Visitors are welcome; call first.
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Rideable Bicycle Replicas
2329 Eagle Ave.
Alameda, CA 94501
(510) 769-0980
What: Renowned purveyor and restorer of high-wheel (also known as the "bone crusher" or "penny-farththing") bicycles with customers including the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, David Copperfield, Walt Disney and the Sultan of Oman.
Where: Just off Park (near Clement) Street, Alameda
Why You Should Care: This is a Santa’s Workshop for bike aficionados. As a bonus, take in the motor home rigged as a working land-sailboat, a Burning Man fixture, and shark cages—all side pursuits of proprietor Greg Barron.
Who: Greg Barron, proprietor
How You Can Check It Out: Visitors are welcome; call first.
Greg Barron is a shark-chaser, Burning Man maven and the proprietor of Rideable Bicycle Replicas.
A Nickel Superior “bone crusher”
