CONSTRUCTION VIEWS CITY DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM BOOK NO. 1 includes 106 photographs with captions and dates. The groups of photographs document the installation of brickwork and boilers at City Pumps,...
Show moreCONSTRUCTION VIEWS CITY DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM BOOK NO. 1 includes 106 photographs with captions and dates. The groups of photographs document the installation of brickwork and boilers at City Pumps, construction of the steel-and-concrete-reinforced division wall and the Francisco Street Reservoir, San Andreas Pipeline trench and pipe work underneath San Jose Avenue at Geneva, pipe repair in the Olympic Salt Water System, a proposed tank site in Lincoln Park, the partial collapse of the long wharf at Lake Merced and subsequent repair work, trench digging and pipe lowering on Faxon Avenue near Lakeview, pipe replacement at the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, and the water temple in Sunol designed by Willis Polk. The album also contains photo documentation of a break in a water main below the junction of Haight and Market Streets on December 28, 1920, including underground photos of the damaged pipework and bracing and one above-ground photo that shows the intersection, trolley cars, and pedestrians. The captions under the photos dated January 6, 1921, place blame for the Spring Valley Water Company pipe break on improper construction of the Haight Street electric car line tracks. Some of the photographs were used in Spring Valley's quarterly magazine, "San Francisco Water," published between 1922 and 1930 when the company was purchased by the City and County of San Francisco. The photographs document workers performing a variety of jobs, including pipe-laying, pipe-fitting, welding, trench-digging and heavy-equipment operation.
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Show moreCONSTRUCTION VIEWS CITY DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM BOOK NO. 1 includes 106 photographs with captions and dates. The groups of photographs document the installation of brickwork and boilers at City Pumps, construction of the steel-and-concrete-reinforced division wall and the Francisco Street Reservoir, San Andreas Pipeline trench and pipe work underneath San Jose Avenue at Geneva, pipe repair in the Olympic Salt Water System, a proposed tank site in Lincoln Park, the partial collapse of the long wharf at Lake Merced and subsequent repair work, trench digging and pipe lowering on Faxon Avenue near Lakeview, pipe replacement at the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, and the water temple in Sunol designed by Willis Polk. The album also contains photo documentation of a break in a water main below the junction of Haight and Market Streets on December 28, 1920, including underground photos of the damaged pipework and bracing and one above-ground photo that shows the intersection, trolley cars, and pedestrians. The captions under the photos dated January 6, 1921, place blame for the Spring Valley Water Company pipe break on improper construction of the Haight Street electric car line tracks. Some of the photographs were used in Spring Valley's quarterly magazine, "San Francisco Water," published between 1922 and 1930 when the company was purchased by the City and County of San Francisco. The photographs document workers performing a variety of jobs, including pipe-laying, pipe-fitting, welding, trench-digging and heavy-equipment operation.
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CONSTRUCTION VIEWS CITY DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM BOOK NO. 2 includes 72 photographs with captions and dates. The photographs document the installation of pipe on Portola Drive, the views and building of...
Show moreCONSTRUCTION VIEWS CITY DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM BOOK NO. 2 includes 72 photographs with captions and dates. The photographs document the installation of pipe on Portola Drive, the views and building of an outlet tower and tunnel; views, slope, excavation, construction, and interior/roof views of the Stanford Heights Reservoir; pipe work on Diamond St. near Bosworth and on Diamond St. near Circular Ave.; ditch-digging and pipe work on Corbett Road; backfilling pipe on Granada near Grafton Ave.; the pipe termination point at the Corona Heights tank; excavation, slope, wall, and new fill at the University Mound reservoir; and the Lincoln Park tank project, including photos of the finished tank.
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Show moreCONSTRUCTION VIEWS CITY DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM BOOK NO. 2 includes 72 photographs with captions and dates. The photographs document the installation of pipe on Portola Drive, the views and building of an outlet tower and tunnel; views, slope, excavation, construction, and interior/roof views of the Stanford Heights Reservoir; pipe work on Diamond St. near Bosworth and on Diamond St. near Circular Ave.; ditch-digging and pipe work on Corbett Road; backfilling pipe on Granada near Grafton Ave.; the pipe termination point at the Corona Heights tank; excavation, slope, wall, and new fill at the University Mound reservoir; and the Lincoln Park tank project, including photos of the finished tank.
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Description: CONSTRUCTION VIEWS CITY DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM BOOK NO. 3 includes 54 photographs with captions and dates. Photographs in this album document pipe work on 6th Avenue between Judah and...
Show moreDescription: CONSTRUCTION VIEWS CITY DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM BOOK NO. 3 includes 54 photographs with captions and dates. Photographs in this album document pipe work on 6th Avenue between Judah and Lincoln Way, 7th Avenue at Noriega Street, Masonic Avenue near Golden Gate Avenue; views of the Stanford Heights Reservoir; pipe connections at 4th Avenue at Fulton; pipe work at California Street and Divisadero; pipelines through Golden Gate Park; pipe connections at 7th Avenue at Moraga, 7th Avenue at Lawton, 7th Avenue at Kirkham; dredging and testing in the Islais Creek Channel; pipe work, repair, and testing at 4th Street and Channel Street; trench-digging on Masonic Avenue near Golden Gate Avenue; trench-digging on Ocean Avenue and Ashton; the Lake Honda transmission line at Capitol Avenue and Thrift and at Lakeview Avenue; pipeline on Masonic at Hayes; pipes at and interior views of Central Pumps; and a project at the College Hill Branch of the Bernal Cut.
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Show moreDescription: CONSTRUCTION VIEWS CITY DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM BOOK NO. 3 includes 54 photographs with captions and dates. Photographs in this album document pipe work on 6th Avenue between Judah and Lincoln Way, 7th Avenue at Noriega Street, Masonic Avenue near Golden Gate Avenue; views of the Stanford Heights Reservoir; pipe connections at 4th Avenue at Fulton; pipe work at California Street and Divisadero; pipelines through Golden Gate Park; pipe connections at 7th Avenue at Moraga, 7th Avenue at Lawton, 7th Avenue at Kirkham; dredging and testing in the Islais Creek Channel; pipe work, repair, and testing at 4th Street and Channel Street; trench-digging on Masonic Avenue near Golden Gate Avenue; trench-digging on Ocean Avenue and Ashton; the Lake Honda transmission line at Capitol Avenue and Thrift and at Lakeview Avenue; pipeline on Masonic at Hayes; pipes at and interior views of Central Pumps; and a project at the College Hill Branch of the Bernal Cut.
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