Sunnyside Powerhouse
Powerhouse for the San Francisco and San Mateo Electric Railway. Monterey (Sunnyside) Blvd and Circular Avenue - United Railroads [U00123]
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Sunnyside Powerhouse
Sunnyside Powerhouse. Looking west from Circular Ave near Monterey Blvd (then Sunnyside Ave). Operated for San Francisco San Mateo Electric Railway from 1892-1902. Photo taken after decommissioned. Photo Postcards [SC109]
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Sunnyside Powerhouse
[First California Electric Powerhouse - Sunnyside, S.F. Cal. 23.] View west from Circular Ave. near Monterey Blvd (then Sunnyside Ave.). Superior version of wnp33.01189
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San Jose near Theresa
United Railroads streetcar #806 listed as on the Ingleside Road. This is taken as part of an accident report when a girl named Gladys Roselli, who lived on Circular Avenue, was hit by a streetcar headed to Ocean View. Homes on left were 1600 block of San Jose Avenue, and none are extant. Now part of Interstate Highway 280. - United Railroads [U00922]
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Geneva near San Jose
United Railroads image of Elkton shops, looking north with steam engine coming south. Windmill and water tank. - United Railroads [U01157 New Shops.]
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Elkton Shops
Near Ocean and San Jose Avenues. Interior of shops, workmen with streetcars lined up being repaired.
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Elkton Shops
Near Ocean and San Jose Avenues. Interior of workmen at tables and streetcar in background
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Havelock & San Jose
View east from Havelock and San Jose Avenue at Balboa Park toward the Excelsior and the future McLaren Park. Cultivated fields and horses in the future Mission Terrace development. Monroe School (excelsior Avenue and London Street) under construction in the distance at left, group of men at right.
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Ingleside Jail
County Jail No.2, aka Ingleside Jail, a men's facility built in 1870s, demolished 1934. [34 County Jail S.F. Cal] Now site of City College San Francisco athletic fields. (Original print of wnp37.02734)
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Mission Viaduct
View northeast to Mission Viaduct wooden structure. [dpwbook2 dpw31]
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Mission Viaduct
Mission Viaduct looking north from the east side, near Trumbull Street. St John the Evangelist Catholic Church (1893) and St. John's School (1910, later demolished) in center distance. [dpwbook2 dpw30]
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Ocean Near San Jose
View northeast toward undeveloped Diamond Heights. Old Southern Pacific main line, Ocean & San Jose (near Balboa Park, BART and I280 Freeway now dominate this view)
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Mission Viaduct
view northerly from the south end of the Mission Viaduct under construction. The older viaduct with streetcar tracks in the foreground. Future Diamond Heights in the distance. [dpwbook3 dpw440]
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Mission Viaduct
View north toward the construction of the Mission Viaduct and Springdale Sewer which buried Islais Creek. Future St. Mary's Park neighborhood in right distance. St John the Evangelist Catholic Church (1893) and St. John's School (1910, later demolished) in left center distance. [dpwbook2 dpw346]
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Cayuga Avenue
View southwest from the Mission Viaduct toward Springdale sewer construction putting Islais Creek into a culvert along what's now Cayuga Avenue. I280 Freeway runs through the right side of this view today. 68 Cayuga at Rousseau, the white house with 4 windows at center, still stands in 2021. Smokestack of Sunnyside Powerhouse at Circular and Monterey in the distance.[dpwbook3 dpw367]
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Springdale Sewer
View northeast from the top of the Springdale Sewer, which put Islais Creek underground, under construction,toward the Mission Viaduct, which was also under construction. Mission streetcars visible in background. I280 Freeway passes through this view in 2021. Trees in the background show the former grounds of St. Mary's College. [dpwbook3 dpw372]
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Springdale Sewer
Springdale ( now Cayuga) sewer looking W, men on top. [dpwbook3 dpw373]
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Mission Viaduct
Mission Viaduct - making reinforcement for concrete piling [dpwbook1 dpw209]
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Mission Viaduct
View north from the south end the Mission Viaduct under construction across Islais Creek / Alemany Gap. In center distance, St John the Evangelist Catholic Church (1893) and St. John's School (1910, later demolished). [dpwbook3 dpw376]
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Mission Viaduct
View north from the south end of the new Mission Viaduct under construction. Older viaduct with streetcar tracks at right, Future St. Mary's Park neighborhood in the distance right.[dpwbook3 dpw441]
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