Forest Hill Station
Construction of Forest Hill Station. Part of Twin Peaks Tunnel. [dpwbook14 dpw2864]
Forest HillTwin Peaks Tunnel
Contains: photos
The first streetcar through the tunnel was a landmark event in the decentralization of the City of San Francisco, spurring development and making the city what it is today. The process of getting there, however, was far from easy. More on the anniversary and the construction in an <a href="http://outsidelands.org/twin-peaks-tunnel.php" target="blank">article on OutsideLands.org</a> and on the <a href="http://outsidelands.org/podcast/WNP262_Twin_Peaks_Tunnel" target="blank">Outside Lands San Francisco podcast.</a>
Twin Peaks Tunnel
Construction work in progress West Portal tunnel portal. [dpwbook15 dpw3143]
West Portal
Laguna Honda
Twin Peaks Tunnel Shaft at Relief Home [dpwbook17 dpw3593]
Laguna Honda
Twin Peaks Tunnel
Construction. Twin Peaks Tunnel (interior) [dpwbook17 dpw3755]
Twin Peaks Tunnel
West Portal of the Twin Peaks Tunnel under construction [Twin Peaks Tunnel West Portal Entrance dpwbook18 dpw4017]
West Portal
Ord & 18th
View northwest across Ord to framing for Twin Peaks Tunnel concrete wall at present-day Market Street at Ord. Market and Storrie Streets are now above the wall, and the Twin Peaks Tunnel is below. Prior to construction of the tunnel, Ord went straight through to Corbett. [dpwbook18 dpw4021]. Rear of Mrs. D. W. Frische Grocery, NW corner.
Eureka Valley
Market & 17th
Twin Peaks Tunnel construction. Elevated view west to tunnel entrance. Castro Street at far left. [Twin Peaks Tunnel W from Market Omen Oil Company dpwbook18 dpw4027]
Castro
Twin Peaks Tunnel
Construction. Interior Twin Peaks Tunnel [dpwbook19 dpw4212]
Twin Peaks Tunnel
Construction. Interior Twin Peaks Tunnel [dpwbook19 dpw4213]
Twin Peaks Tunnel
Construction. Tunnel Interior, View west at Center of tunnel. Removing last of core. [dpwbook19 dpw4359]
Twin Peaks Tunnel
Dedication ceremony. Crowds at West Portal, the Twin Peaks Tunnel dedication ceremony after VIPs and the public walked through the tunnel. [dpwbook20 dpw4524]
West Portal
Twin Peaks Tunnel
Dedication ceremony. Twin Peaks Tunnel Opening Day for pedestrians. Mayor Rolph, VIPs, and the General Public had the ooportunity to walk trhoughthe tunnel for the first time. [dpwbook20 dpw4526]
West Portal
Twin Peaks Tunnel
Dedication ceremony. West Portal, Mayor Rolph drives the Silver Spike after walking through the Twin Peaks Tunnel on the first day of completion[dpwbook20 dpw4527]
West Portal
Twin Peaks Tunnel
Dedication ceremony. West Portal, Mayor Rolph addresses the crowd at West Portal after walking through the Twin Peaks Tunnel on the first day of completion. Among the crowd, property owners of the west side districts who were taxed a potion of the tunnel construction costs. [dpwbook20 dpw4528]
West Portal
Twin Peaks Tunnel
Dedication ceremony. Mrs Rolph, Mayor James Rolph, city engineer M.M. O'Shaughnessy, and VIPs at the West Portal of the Twin Peaks Tunnel after walking through the tunnel on the first day of completion. [dpwbook20 dpw4529]
West Portal
Twin Peaks Tunnel
East Portal, Market and Castro, Twin Peaks Tunnel dedication, crowds assembled for walk through the tunnel. [dpwbook20 dpw4530]
Castro
Twin Peaks Tunnel
(L R) Leo Galick Emil Muheim E. S. Riordan Sam Hoades - Joseph E. Casey Lloyd T. McAfee H. W. Swanitz W. J. Fitzgerald Richard Montell William F. Donnely John H. Ryan Jr. [dpwbook20 dpw4572] Not sure which end of tunnel.
Duboce Triangle
Laguna Honda
Twin Peaks Tunnel pumping station and air shaft at relief home [dpwbook20 dpw4644]
Laguna Honda
Twin Peaks Tunnel
West Portal of tunnel [dpwbook21 dpw5068] From near Ulloa St and West Portal Avenue.
West Portal
West Portal near Vicente
West Portal Ave with Edgehill. Twin Peaks tunnel's west portal in distance. [dpwbook21 dpw5069]
West Portal