Construction

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Ocean Ave & Victoria
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Ocean Ave & Victoria

Caterpillar tractor pulling lengths of pipe on wheeled cart. Buildings in background still extant in 2020.

Mt. Davidson Manor
Lake Merced
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Lake Merced

View to southwest across Lake Merced 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
Irving near 5th Ave
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Irving near 5th Ave

View east on Irving toward 5th Avenue. Municipal Railway (Muni) N-line PCC streetcar #1025

Sunset Inner
Market & 5th
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Market & 5th

View east on Market toward 5th Street during Bart and Muni Metro construction. Flood Building at left, Emporium and Lincoln Building, site of Westfield Mall at right. At far right, J.C. Penneys in Hale Bros. Building.

Downtown / Union Square
Mission & Spear
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Mission & Spear

View east on Mission from Spear St. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 14-line streetcar #1613 in front of construction site for RIncon Annex Post Office (completed 1940). Audiffred Building behind streetcar. State Agricultural Building on Embarcadero at far left.

Financial District
Golden Gate Bridge
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Golden Gate Bridge

View looking north over Fort Point and Golden Gate. Marin Tower partly constructed, excavation in process in foreground for San Francisco anchorage. Houses at center were for lighthouse keepers. Note how the far house has been moved forward to allow for excavation work.

Presidio
Golden Gate Bridge
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Golden Gate Bridge

View north from Fort Point towards temporary trestle extending out to construction site for San Francisco tower. Marin Tower partly complete in distance.

Presidio
Golden Gate Bridge
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Golden Gate Bridge

View north from Fort Point towards temporary trestle extending out to construction site for San Francisco tower. Marin Tower partly complete in distance.

Presidio
Bay Bridge
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Bay Bridge

View from ferryboat looking west towards suspension span section of Bay Bridge nearing completion. SF city skyline.

17th & Market
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17th & Market

View east on Market from 17th & Castro. Municipal Railway (Muni) M-line PCC #1183 during Muni Metro construction

Castro
Market near Montgomery
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Market near Montgomery

View east on Market toward Montgomery. Crocker Plaza/ Montgomery Bart Station under construction. Hobart Building in the background. Municipal Railway (Muni) PCC streetcar #1133

Downtown / Union Square
San Jose Avenue
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San Jose Avenue

Wooden structure on supports spanning San Jose Ave between Appleton Avenue and Fairmount Street. [D-1507 7/24/29]

Holly Park
Outer Mission
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Outer Mission

New pipe supported by tripod hoist being lowered into open trench. 3-story structure with bar on ground floor in background

Unknown Location
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Unknown Location

Open trench with exposed pipes. Tripod hoist spanning trench.

PPIE
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PPIE

Panama-Pacific International Exposition, New Jersey Building (under construction?)

Presidio