Bluxome near 4th
Fire Station 8, Bluxome between 4th and 5th Street [36 Bluxome Street. Two unidentified firefighter hooking hose to Siamese valve during Truck 8 water tower drill.]
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Bluxome near 4th
Fire Station 8, Bluxome between 4th and 5th Street [36 Bluxome Street Views of Truck 8 water tower drill spraying water with unidentified firefighters.]
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Bluxome near 4th
Fire Station 8, Bluxome between 4th and 5th Street [36 Bluxome Street Views of Truck 8 water tower drill spraying water with unidentified firefighters.]
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Bluxome near 4th
Fire Station 8, Bluxome between 4th and 5th Street [36 Bluxome Street Views of Truck 8 water tower drill spraying water with unidentified firefighters.]
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Bluxome near 4th
Fire Station 8, Bluxome between 4th and 5th Street [36 Bluxome Street Views of Truck 8 water tower drill spraying water with unidentified firefighters.]
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Bluxome near 4th
Fire Station 8, Bluxome between 4th and 5th Street [36 Bluxome Street Views of Truck 8 water tower drill spraying water with unidentified firefighters.]
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Bluxome near 4th
Elevated view west, Fire Station 8, Bluxome between 4th and 5th Street. Amco Building in distance left, built 1924; Grinnell Company, John Deere Company, Twin Peaks and Mt. Davidson in distance. (AS)[36 Bluxome Street Views of Truck 8 water tower drill spraying water with unidentified firefighters.]
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Bluxome near 4th
Fire Station 8, Bluxome between 4th and 5th Street [36 Bluxome Street Views of Truck 8 water tower drill spraying water with unidentified firefighters.]
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Bluxome near 4th
Fire Station 8, Bluxome between 4th and 5th Street [36 Bluxome Street Views of Truck 8 water tower drill spraying water with unidentified firefighters.]
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Embarcadero
[Unknown pier USS Oklahoma City CLG 5, a WWII light cruiser converted to a guided missile cruiser at Bethlehem Steel in San Francisco during 1957-1960. The ship had a triple 6-inch gun turret and a twin 5-inch gun forward with Talos missiles aft. Saw considerable service during Vietnam war. Mothballed in 1979, and sunk as a target in 1999.] (Photo likely taken at Pier 39 when ship was open to the public on June 2, 1968.)
Fishermans Wharf
Sierra & Texas
Western Pacific Tunnel Fire. View east on Sierra from Texas Street. The tunnel entrance is out of view to the left. Smoke covers the sky[Sierra and Texas Richard, Adele, and Laura Brandi looking at the damage.]
Potrero Hill
Sierra & Texas
Western Pacific Tunnel Fire. View east on Sierra from Texas Street. The tunnel entrance is out of view to the left. Smoke covers the sky[Sierra and Texas Richard, Adele, and Laura Brandi looking at the damage.]
Potrero Hill
Mariposa & Carolina
Western Pacific Tunnel Fire. view southeast on railroad right of way from Marisposa at Carolina. [Mariposa and Carolina Streets Looking at northern entrance of Western Pacific tunnel. The city plugged both ends with concrete and the railroad abandoned the tunnel. The city demanded $781,000 and settled with the railroad for $700,000 in 1964.]
Potrero Hill
19th & Arkansas
Western Pacific Tunnel Fire, View northwestfrom 19th & Arkansas showing a hole in the street where the tunnel had collapsed below. [Arkansas and 19th Streets above the tunnel caved in as the wood timbers were burned weakening the tunnel. Six houses were destroyed or damaged.]
Potrero Hill
Sierra & Texas
Western Pacific Tunnel Fire.[Sierra and Texas Close up of railroad tunnel entrance built in 1918.]
Potrero Hill