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Contains 290 photos

Columbus near Jackson
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Columbus near Jackson

View to north side of street. Street work by Hotel San Joaquin [dpwbook31 dpw7706] Spreading concrete

North Beach
Townsend & Stanford
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Townsend & Stanford

View southwest across Townsend to street work crew. On south side of Townsend, Haslett Warehouse Co. Townsend St. Warehouse, Harron, Rickard & McCone machinery manufacturers, 139-149 Townsend, copra storage tank on Pacific Oil & Lead Works coconut oil plant, 155 Townsend, now demolished. [Regrading Townsend St. 2nd to 3rd St. [dpwbook31 dpw7720]

South Beach
Townsend & Stanford
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Townsend & Stanford

View northwest across Townsend to regrading. [Regrading Townsend St. 2nd to 3rd Sts.] [dpwbook31 dpw7721] Mailliard & Schmiedell importers, American Druggists Syndicate (109 Townsend), Wickwire Spencer Steel Corp.

South Beach
Columbus near Jackson
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Columbus near Jackson

View to north side of street [Street work by Hotel San Joaquin; dpwbook31 dpw7708B] spreading concrete

North Beach
Columbus near Jackson
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Columbus near Jackson

View northwest on Columbus, spreading concrete[Street work by Hotel San Joaquin; dpwbook31 dpw7709]

North Beach
Columbus near Jackson
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Columbus near Jackson

View northeast across Columbus [Street work by L'Italia; dpwbook31 dpw7710] Setting streetcar tracks, San Joaquin Hotel at right

North Beach
Townsend & Stanford
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Townsend & Stanford

View southwest across Townsend to street work crew. On south side of Townsend, Southern Pacific Warehouse, Haslett Warehouse Co. Townsend St. Warehouse, Harron, Rickard & McCone machinery manufacturers, 139-149 Townsend. In distance, copra storage tank on Pacific Oil & Lead Works coconut oil plant, 155 Townsend, now demolished. [Regrading Townsend St. 2nd to 3rd Sts.] [dpwbook31 dpw7722]

South Beach
Townsend near 3rd
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Townsend near 3rd

View southeast across Townsend [Pouring Concrete Townsend St. 2nd to 3rd Sts.] [dpwbook31 dpw7723] In background, Pacific Oil & Lead Works coconut oil plant with copra and oil storage tanks, 155 Townsend, now demolished, Harron Rickard & McCone Bldg, 139 Townsend, still stands 2021.

South Beach
Market & California
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Market & California

Market at California looking west. Cable car at terminus. Street work in progress. Fife Building in background. [dpwbook33 dpw8864]

Financial District
Howard near 1st
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Howard near 1st

Excavations undermined a wall of the Phillips & Van Orden Co. printing plant at 511 Howard, causing it to collapse and fill the excavation with debris and large rolls of paper intended for telephone directories. A worker, August Vallat, was trapped underneath the steam shovel at lower right for several hours, but was rescued with only slight injuries. [511 Howard St. dpwbook35 dpw9982]

South of Market
Howard near 1st
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Howard near 1st

Excavations undermined a wall of the Phillips & Van Orden Co. printing plant at 511 Howard, causing it to collapse and fill the excavation with debris and large rolls of paper intended for telephone directories. A worker, August Vallat, was trapped underneath a steam shovel for several hours, but was rescued with only slight injuries. [511 Howard St.dpwbook35 dpw9983]

South of Market
Harrison near 5th
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Harrison near 5th

View west on Harrison to track construction. Hickman Produce Co 910 Harrison, Universal Rubber Mfg. Co. 938-958 Harrison on right. Metropolitan Hotel 973 Harrison in distance left. [Harrison St. bet.5th & 6th St.] [dpwbook36 dpw10155]

South of Market
San Jose near Mt. Vernon
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San Jose near Mt. Vernon

View North. San Jose Avenue Bridge over Southern Pacific tracks near Mt. Vernon. This bridge was west of the current San Jose Avenue Bridge and is now in the middle of I280 freeway. [San Jose Bridge dpwbook36 dpw10188]

Harrison near 5th
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Harrison near 5th

View west on Harrison to track construction. Hickman Produce Co 910 Harrison, Universal Rubber Mfg. Co. 938-958 Harrison on right. Metropolitan Hotel 973 Harrison in distance left. [Harrison St. south of 4th St. (Sic)] dpwbook36 dpw10218]

South of Market
Bayshore & Fitzgerald
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Bayshore & Fitzgerald

View south to Bayshore Boulevard under construction, Bayview Hill background left. Kroehler Manufacturing Building at left (later Bayshore Business Center) still stands at 1485 Bayshore Blvd. Houses to right later moved or demolished for US 101 Freeway) (AS) [Bayshore Blvd. Section 'B' South from Fitzgerald Ave. dpwbook41 dpwA1085]

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