AAC-0967

[Fort Point, Presidio]

1947 Mar. 12

Still image

1 photographic print : b&w. ; 8 x 10 in.

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Folder: S.F. Districts-Presidio-Fort Point.
Printed on back: "FORT POINT. A view of the old Civil War fortification at the Presidio of San Francisco, taken from the barbette tier on the northeast corner facing south and Fort Winfield Scott. Declared obsolete in 1905, and its batteries abandoned in 1914, Fort Point was for its century the pride of Pacific Coast defense. Rain water caught on the sloping asphaltic roof was carried through iron pipes built in the masonry to double storage cisterns cut in the solid rock beneath the fort. When, after the earthquake of 1906, excavations were made on the land side of the structure to reinforce the front wall, the water in the reservoirs was still palatable. The fort is of such excellent construction that it has withstood winter storms, fog and earthquakes with very little damage although unoccupied for almost a half century. The iron-work... grills, balconies, railings and columns, have suffered most from the corrosion of salt sea air.".

brn: .b10162938

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