Contains 239 photos
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.]
South of Market
Fire Station 8, Bluxome between 4th and 5th Street [36 Bluxome Street Views of Truck 8 water tower drill spraying water with unidentified firefighters.]
South of Market
Fire Station 8, Bluxome between 4th and 5th Street [36 Bluxome Street Views of Truck 8 water tower drill spraying water with unidentified firefighters.]
South of Market
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
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
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
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
Western Pacific Tunnel Fire.[Sierra and Texas Close up of railroad tunnel entrance built in 1918.]
Potrero Hill
Western Pacific Tunnel Fire.[Sierra and Texas Fire Department ladder descending to railroad tunnel entrance.]
Potrero Hill
Western Pacific Tunnel Fire.[Sierra and Texas Close up of railroad tunnel entrance.]
Potrero Hill
Western Pacific Tunnel Fire.[23rd and Pennsylvania, Smoke from southern entrance of tunnel of the Western Pacific Railroad that ran under Potrero Hill. On July 1, 1962 a fire began in the 1600-foot-long tunnel between Islais Creek ferry slip and its terminal at 8th and Brannan.]
Potrero Hill
View south on Trinity Place toward Sutter Street, Hunter-Dulin Building in the background. Fire Dept. Ladder truck deployed outside Domino Club Cafe
Downtown / Union Square
View northeast towards Mt. Olympus and Buena Vista Park. Corona Heights at right, Ashbury Heights high pressure water system tank at intersection of Carmel and Clayton at lower center. Engine Company No. 40 firehouse (sold by SFFD in the 1970's to a private owner) at lower left.
Ashbury Heights
SF Fire department responding to a car fire.
Richmond Inner