Construction

Contains 3716 photos

Sutro Forest
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Sutro Forest

Open trench in wooded area with pipe ready for installation. Sutro Forest near Homewood Terrace on Ocean Avenue

Mt. Davidson Manor
Sutro Forest
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Sutro Forest

[Looking south down trench thru Sutro Forrest showing original 30 in P.P. Line before replacement Feb. 21, 1922]

San Jose & Geneva
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San Jose & Geneva

View north on San Jose Avenue from Geneva. Street scene with Chris Jorgensen's saloon & restaurant (2298 San Jose Ave), streetcar tracks, sections of pipe lying alongside street, and open trench. Mt. Davidson on left in background future Diamond Heights on right. Firehouse at Ocean and San Jose (Balboa Park) at center.

Cayuga
San Jose near Seneca
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San Jose near Seneca

Street scene with tracks, sections of pipe lying alongside street, and open trench. Elkton Shops behind fence.

Cayuga
Faxon near Lakeview
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Faxon near Lakeview

View north on Faxon from Lakeview. Mt. Davidson in the distance. [Details of lowering pipe in trench on steep hill Faxon near Lakeview Ave. Feb 3, 1922 D.328]

Ingleside
Homewood Terrace
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Homewood Terrace

View north across the grounds of Homewood Terrace (now the site of Dorado Terrace, near Ocean Avenue) Laborers in open trench working to install or replace large diameter pipes in Sutro Forest, behind Homewood Terrace.

Mt. Davidson Manor
Faxon near Lakeview
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Faxon near Lakeview

View north on Faxon from Lakeview. Farragut School at Holloway in the background. Mt. Davidson in the distance. Workers installing large diameter pipe in open trench on Faxon Ave. [D-326]

Ingleside
Lake Merced
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Lake Merced

Construction work in progress near Lakmer pumping station. New pipe being laid into lake. View to west.

Lakeshore
Columbus near Lombard
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Columbus near Lombard

View southeast on Columbus, Powell Street Cable Car #521 just past North Beach Playground. Ss. Peter and Paul Church spires in the background. Repair work being done on Columbus Avenue

Russian Hill
Golden Gate Bridge
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Golden Gate Bridge

Golden Gate Bridge under construction, view south toward the Presidio and Fort Scott.[Top of Marin Tower looking across Golden Gate]

Golden Gate Bridge
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Golden Gate Bridge

Golden Gate Bridge under construction, view south toward the Presidio and Fort Scott.[5/1/36 Looking towards S.F. from Top of Marin Tower]

Bay Bridge Construction
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Bay Bridge Construction

View west from Yerba Buena Island. Bay Bridge under construction [9-25-1935 IV S.F.5S.F. West from Y.B. Island]

Yerba Buena Island
Market & 1st
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Market & 1st

View east on Market St. showing BART construction in progress. Municipal Railway (Muni) K-line streetcar #1170 at left. Ferry Building in distance.

Financial District
Market & Hyde
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Market & Hyde

View east on Market St. showing BART construction in progress. Municipal Railway (Muni) K-line streetcar #1008. Orpheum Theatre at left, Embassy Theatre on right. Billboard for George Deukmejian for Attorney General.

Civic Center
17th near Church
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17th near Church

View east on 17th showing Municipal Railway (Muni) J-line streetcar #1131(?) heading north on Church. Street construction work in foreground.

Mission Dolores