Market near 3rd
1906 Earthquake and Fire, View east on Market towards Mutual Savings Building and Chronicle Building. Freight wagon loaded with rubble in foreground.
Downtown / Union SquareConstruction
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Market near Embarcadero
1906 Earthquake and Fire. View east to Ferry Building tower encased in scaffolding during reconstruction. Streetcars, people on sidewalk.
Financial District
Market near Embarcadero
1906 Earthquake and Fire. View east to Ferry Building tower encased in scaffolding during reconstruction. Streetcars, people on sidewalk.
Financial District
SF Bay
View north to US Navy Fleet steaming in formation past north waterfront, viewed from Bay Bridge under construction. [the US Navy steamed through the Golden Gate and anchored in San Francisco Bay for a nine-day stay. ...USS aircraft Carrier Lexington ... dirigible Macon] Cameraman in foreground.
Sutro Forest
New pipe being laid through eucalyptus forest. [Original Pilarcitos pipe in trench just before replacement Feb 21, 1922 D-334]
Lake Merced
View west across Lake towards Olympic Club. [Long Wharf at Lake Merced showing partial collapse July 7, 1921]
Lakeshore
Lake Merced
View west across Lake towards Olympic Club.. New section of pipe leading into lake being installed. Pipe is supported by wheeled carts. Wooden barrels are attached for flotation.
Lakeshore
6th Ave & Hugo
View south along 6th Avenue at Hugo. New pipe lying in open trench. [D-1205 4/22/26 36 inch P.L. 6th Ave. & Hugo St. Looking South]
Sunset Inner
Masonic near Golden Gate
View south on Masonic near Golden Gate Avenue. [Breaking Concrete Base, Masonic near GG Ave.][D-1440] Masonic Cemetery at right, future site of University of San Francisco. Men jackhammering street.
Lone Mountain
Stanford Heights Reservoir
View north toward Twin Peaks and Mt. Sutro, Stanford Heights Reservoir under construction.
Miraloma Park
Mission Creek
Mission Creek / China Basin, Near 4th and Channel. Crane reads 'Haviside Company No. 2.' [D-1218]
Mission Bay
Mission Creek
Mission Creek / China Basin, Near 4th and Channel. Crane reads 'Haviside Company No. 3.'
Mission Bay
Mission Creek
Mission Creek / China Basin, Near 4th and Channel. [12 inch C.I. Pipe, 4th & Channel Sts. after break][D-1187] Crane reads 'Haviside Company No. 3'
Mission Bay
Masonic near Golden Gate
View north on Masonic near Golden Gate Avenue. Masonic Cemetery at left. [Trench digging machine 20" line - Masonic Ave. near GG Ave.][D-1438]
Western Addition
Ocean Ave near Keystone
View to southwest from Keystone Way. [D-1220 5/24/26 Steam shovel digging trench on Ocean Ave. New sections of pipe lying to right. Buildings at left (1919 and 1923 Ocean Ave.) still extant in 2020.
Mt. Davidson Manor