Mission Creek
Mission Creek / China Basin, Near 4th and Channel. Crane reads 'Haviside Company No. 2.' [D-1218]
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Mission Creek
Mission Creek / China Basin, Near 4th and Channel. Crane reads 'Haviside Company No. 3.'
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China Basin
Old Third Street lift bridge across Mission Creek channel at China Basin. [A-1199 6/11/28 3rd and Channel Bridge looking westerly] [dpwbook42 dpwA1199]
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3rd & Channel
View north of the 3rd Street bridge over Mission Creek. Streetcar on bridge.This structure was replaced by the current 'Lefty O'Doul' bascule lift bridge in 1933. (Bridge (Streetcar) dpwbook42 dpwA1276]
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Ben Turpin
King Street between 3rd and 4th
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3rd near King
View west across 3rd Street to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 42-Line streetcar #819 and 15-Line #818 in front of Southern Pacific Passenger Depot. Second story arcade with scaffolding and ladders. [AS]
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3rd & Channel
[3rd & Channel] dpwbookSPECIMP16 dpwA3729] Present day Lefty O'Doul lift bridge
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3rd & Channel
View north on 3rd Street toward the 3rd Street Bridge (now Lefty O'Doul Bridge) showing railroad and streetcar tracks. [3rd & Channel Sts. bridge looking north] [dpwbookSPECIMP16 dpwA3732]
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3rd & Terry A. Francois
View north at opening ceremonies of China Basin Bridge (Lefty O'Doul Bridge in 2018). Automobiles, Steam locomotive #11, Market Street Railway 29-line streetcar #987. China Basin Building at left.
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View northeast from Mariposa crossing toward Southern Pacific train yard. Bay Bridge under construction in background. Southern Pacific Steam Engine #1212, Mission Bay. Railroad switching tower on left, 16th Street roadway viaduct in distance. Area is now directly below Interstate 280.
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Railroad yards with background of Bay Bridge under construction
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3rd & King
Elevated view southeast with Piers 44 and 46 in distance (occupied by South Beach Harbor in 2021). SS President Hoover. Market Street Railway (MSRy) 29-line #952 passing. Empty lots now site of AT&T (later Oracle) Ballpark. California Cotton Mills Co., State Cold Storage Plant.
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View north from about Mariposa Street. Southern Pacific Steam Engine #2379 Train #178 Mission Bay Tower
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3rd near King
View north past Southern Pacific railroad station on left with taxi cabs. Old Corner Lunch restaurant. 15-line streetcar.
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3rd St & Townsend
View northeast across 3rd from front of Southern Pacific Depot to Market Street Railway (MSRy) streetcars: 15-Line #820 with zip stripe livery, #1567 (Excursion trip, marked "Special Car" at 3rd St. crossover. Buildings across Townsend in background left: . MJB Coffee office and factory in background left, 665 3rd St. (M.J. Brandenstein Building, Built 1916, architect G. Albert Lansburgh.), Transcontinental Freight Co. Building, 1908. Anna Davidow Building (1917) on northeast corner with billboard on roof. All still stand in 2021. Birdcage traffic signal. Bay Bridge approach viaduct in distance left over 3rd St. Depot Coffee Shop, Rudy's Place, Palace Lunch.
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3rd & King
View north from center of 3rd to Southern Pacific passenger depot on left, Old Corner Lunch on right. [A-5764 3D St N'ly from King Street] [DPW A5764]
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3rd near Townsend
View northeast across 3rd from front of Southern Pacific Depot to Market Street Railway (MSRy) streetcars: 16-line #945, 29-line #960, 15-line #820 with zip stripe livery. Depot Coffee Shop 711 3rd St., Louis E. Brown Watch Repair (Authorized Watch Inspector, Southern Pacific and Western Pacific Railroads) 709 3rd St. MJB Coffee office and factory in background left, 665 3rd St. (M.J. Brandenstein Building, Built 1916, architect G. Albert Lansburgh.) At far left background, Transcontinental Freight Co. Building, 1908.
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Pier 48
[Pier 48] Pier fire on the Embarcadero. Three fire trucks and fire boat at pier, firefighters on roof. Bay Bridge in background.
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Mission Creek
China Basin, wrecked auto being raised out of creek. 6th Street swing bridge on left. Derelict steamboat 'Capital City' in the background. The boat would partially sink in the creek in 1952, and would be wrecked and removed in 1958.
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3rd near King
View northeast across 3rd St. to Market St. Railway (MSRy) 16-line #944 with zip stripe livery, GallenKamp'S billboard in background. U.S. Mail truck and mail man at left. Old Corner Lunch, background center at King St. corner.
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