Church & 20th
View north to J-Church right-of-way being constructed through Dolores Park. Old Mission High School at center. [5321. Church & 20th looking North. 10:05 A.M. 5-27-16]
Dolores HeightsUnited Railroads
Contains: photos
The 81 negatives were donated to Western Neighborhoods Project by Nancy McCormick in September 2017. These views show unique views of streets, businesses, and transit. Many more United Railroads images can be seen at the <a href="https://sfmta.photoshelter.com/index" target="blank">San Francisco Municipal Transit Authority website.</a>
Chenery near Charles
View southerly on Chenery toward Charles. United Railroads Accident Report 380 (cropped and blurry copy - SFMTA has a better version) [U03418]
Fairmount
24th & San Bruno
Elevated view north to power pole near southeast corner of 24th Street and San Bruno Avenue. Residences across 24th Street still stand (2020). William Shaffer Accident Case. Shaffer sued San Francisco Gas & Electric, United Railroads and Pacific State Telephone and Telegraph on December 22, 1904, claiming that the companies maintained uninsulated guy wires on a pole at 24th and San Bruno, which shocked him and caused him to fall to the street. United Railroads [U00630]
Potrero Hill
24th & Utah
National Ice Company Case accident report 5935. Detail shot of United Railroads Car 1717. [U01871]
Potrero Hill
23rd near San Bruno
23rd Street between San Bruno Avenue and Utah. Back View United Railroads car house [photographed for Scott] [U01947]
Potrero Hill
San Bruno near 24th
View north on San Bruno Avenue between 23rd and 24th Street. Side view of the United Railroads car house. [U01949]
Potrero Hill
Alameda near Bryant
View south toward Alameda Street between Bryant and Hampshire. Oil tank at United Railroads Bryant Street Powerhouse; envelope notes that a horse fell into the pit. [U02122]
Mission
Alameda near Bryant
View north from Alameda Street between Bryant and Hampshire. Oil tank at United Railroads Bryant Street Powerhouse; envelope notes that a horse fell into the pit. [U02123]
Mission
Valencia & Market
Interior of bitumen (asphalt) plant on Valencia at Market [Photographed for Champerlin] [U02242]
South of Market
Beach & Laguna
North Beach Powerhouse, workers in a turbine pit. [U02806] (Present site of Marina Safeway)
Marina
Pacific near Divisadero
Two men near hole caused by a gas explosion at the terminus of the United Railroads Pacific Avenue cable car line. No one was injured, but 150 feet of roadway was torn up and a fire, reportedly started by gas in the cable channel ignited by friction, ensued. [United Railroads U02838]
Pacific Heights
Division near Bryant
View southeast in the block between Division and Alameda. Temporary tracks for excavating the hillside next to the Bryant and Division Powerhouse. Ames Harris Neville Company, Potrero Block at southwest corner of Potrero and Alameda (building still stands 2020) in the background. United Railroads [U06912] (negative number is a guess based on SFMtA missing negatives)
Mission
Coleridge near Virginia
Construction on the back side of the United Railroads 29th Street car house. (demolished) The view looks north toward a residence on the west side of Coleridge (also demolished) United Railroads [U03988]
Bernal Heights
Broadway near Drumm
View south on the lot bounded by Broadway, Pacific, Drumm, & Davis. Men inspecting the wreck of Southern Pacific freight car 39891 M. Gorman Accident. Piedmont and Napolitan Paste at Pacific and Drumm in the background. United Railroads - [A.R. (accident report) 5470] [U03289]
Northern Waterfront
San Mateo
San Mateo Drive, then called Griffith Avenue, and St. Matthews Avenue in San Mateo. United Railroads [U04511]
Outside SF
Pacific near Polk
View north on Pacific between Polk and Van Ness. The west wall of the United Railroads Pacific Avenue Car House (demolished) from the empty lot where SF Fire Department Engine Company 8 Firehouse would be built (replacing an older fire house) Hollywood Apartments at Polk and Union visible in the background. Children's' chalk graffiti on wall. [West Side of Pacific Avenue Car House] United Railroads [U05275]
Polk Gulch
Church & 18th
United Railroads construction site on Church & 18th Streets, 10:04 AM. Construction of Muni J Church line track. [U05286]
Mission Dolores
San Mateo
View southwest on Poplar from San Mateo Drive, then called Griffith Avenue. [Poplar Avenue 25 Feet East of Griffith Avenue Looking West] United Railroads [U06886]
Outside SF
California near Locust
Round house of the Ferries & Cliff House Railroad (steam train). North side of California between Locust and Laurel. United Railroads [U00114] (negative broken - 4 pieces)
Presidio Heights
South San Francisco
View south on the interurban San Mateo line near Spruce Avenue, South San Francisco. 40-line streetcar #1243 - United Railroads [U00063] (broken, shattered and taped)
Outside SF