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[DPW 1567] View north toward Bernal Heights, The aqueduct is a 44" pipe built by the Spring Valley Water Co. in the late 1800's. It carries water from the Crystal Springs Reservoir in San Mateo County to San Francisco via the University Mound reservoir. The trestle was built by the Ocean Shore Railway Co. in 1906, and was filled in 1914-15. Alemany Blvd. now runs along the alignment of the trestle
Bernal Heights
29th St between Church & Dolores. View West, 9-Line 29th and Noe. Streetcar #987 beneath Southern Pacific Old Main Line bridge. The bridge, berm, and tracks were removed in the 1940s and the right-of-way was developed shortly thereafter. Spires of St. Paul's Church in background.
Noe Valley
Crowd of people posing alongside train with Shay-type locomotive. East Peak in background. (Based on the women's clothing, this photo likely dates to between 1916 and 1918.)
Bay Bridge under construction. View from Coit Tower towards Montgomery and Alta. Ferry Building, State Belt Railroad yard.
Telegraph Hill
View southeast from 4th across Townsend to road reconstruction, water tank, steam engine, Southern Pacific passenger depot. Southern Pacific office building at left. [855]
South of Market
View west across Embarcadero up Filbert and Filbert Steps to Coit Tower/Telegraph Hill. Gibraltar Warehouses, American Salvage Co., New Deal Restaurant (901 Embarcadero), Julius Castle. Filbert Steps, boxcars.
Northern Waterfront
Southern Pacific Train passing through Brisbane looking north
Outside SF
View North, SP Train heading south past station; Bayview Hill on right
Outside SF
View southeast across Townsend to Muni Original F-line #11 with wings livery, Southern Pacific Passenger Depot with wooden scaffolding on east (front) face. Libby, McNeill & Libby canners in Harron, Rickard & McCone Building 139 Townsend (Built 1909, still standing 2021), Union Oil service station, Clark Bros. Motor Transport System, Birdcage traffic signals, Muni 27-line #0190 bus in distance left. [AS]
South of Market
No. 2461 Train No. 168 North of Tunnel No. 5
Outside SF
View northeast from intersection to parade to celebrate opening of Argonaut Bay (now Maritime Museum). Comstock locomotive J.W. Bowker took passengers to this location, where they switched to where they transferred to horse car from Sutter St. line. People in period dress pose for photographers. Purpose of event was to raise funds for proposed Argonaut Bay Roundhouse at Aquatic Park, displaying historic rolling stock. The roundhouse was never built. Fife Building with Mobilgas sign atop in background. Yale Luggage Shop, Terminal Jewelry Co. at left.
Financial District
Auto ad photo, posed with engine #4 from Belt Line outside roundhouse on Embarcadero
Northern Waterfront
View west from The Embarcadero near Lombard toward Telegraph Hill. Belt Line locomotive #22 and Belt Line Railroad roundhouse at right, Julius Castle and Coit Tower in the background
Northern Waterfront
View southwest across intersection to Southern Pacific Pasenger Depot shortly after completion. Horse drawn Palace & Fairmont Hotel shuttle coach at right.
South Beach
Western Pacific Railroad tunnel fire. View northwest from above Sierra Street. [A stubborn fire in a railroad tunnel, Aerial view made 7/3 shows entrance to tunnel (center bottom) whose timbers are still burning, and large hole in street where top of tunnel ha started to collapse, necessitating the evacuation of a dozen homes so far.]
Potrero Hill