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Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Ferry EUREKA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Ferry EUREKA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, C...

See HAER CA-364 for documentation of the Eureka's Lifeboat No. 3. Significance: EUREKA, considered to be the only extant vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but van... More

Ferry EUREKA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Ferry EUREKA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, C...

See HAER CA-364 for documentation of the Eureka's Lifeboat No. 3. Significance: EUREKA, considered to be the only extant vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but van... More

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Significance: Designed to protect the entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Classic example of brick seacoast forts. Abandoned in 1886 when powerful rifled cannons made brick forts obsolete. Survey number: HABS... More

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Significance: Designed to protect the entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Classic example of brick seacoast forts. Abandoned in 1886 when powerful rifled cannons made brick forts obsolete. Survey number: HABS... More

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Significance: Designed to protect the entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Classic example of brick seacoast forts. Abandoned in 1886 when powerful rifled cannons made brick forts obsolete. Survey number: HABS... More

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Significance: Designed to protect the entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Classic example of brick seacoast forts. Abandoned in 1886 when powerful rifled cannons made brick forts obsolete. Survey number: HABS... More

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Significance: Designed to protect the entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Classic example of brick seacoast forts. Abandoned in 1886 when powerful rifled cannons made brick forts obsolete. Survey number: HABS... More

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Significance: Designed to protect the entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Classic example of brick seacoast forts. Abandoned in 1886 when powerful rifled cannons made brick forts obsolete. Survey number: HABS... More

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Significance: Designed to protect the entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Classic example of brick seacoast forts. Abandoned in 1886 when powerful rifled cannons made brick forts obsolete. Survey number: HABS... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

San Francisco, 1849 / Schmidt Label & Litho. Co., S.F. Cal.

San Francisco, 1849 / Schmidt Label & Litho. Co., S.F. Cal.

View of buildings, and boats in San Francisco Bay, which are numbered and identified in key. 19166R U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Max Burkardt, San Francisco, Cal. "Drawn on the spot by Henry Firks." on ... More

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Shasta County, CA

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Sha...

Significance: The Pit 4 Diversion Dam is important as an original feature of the Pit 3, 4 and 5 Hydroelectric Plant. Pit 4 Dam is an excellent example of early twentieth century hydroelectric architecture and ... More

Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisc...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2216 Survey number: HABS CA-1792-A Building/structure dates: 1853-1859 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1909-1912 Subsequent Work Bu... More

Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisc...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2216 Survey number: HABS CA-1792-A Building/structure dates: 1853-1859 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1909-1912 Subsequent Work Bu... More

Coit Tower, San Francisco, California

Coit Tower, San Francisco, California

Coit Tower was built in Pioneer Park atop Telegraph Hill in 1933 at the bequest of Lillie Hitchcock Coit to beautify the City of San Francisco; Lillie bequeathed one-third of her estate to the City of San Franc... More

The Wave Organ, an acoustic sculpture in San Francisco, California

The Wave Organ, an acoustic sculpture in San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Constructed on the shore of San Francisco Bay by the Exploratorium. Through a series of pipes, the wave organ interacts with the waves of the bay and conv... More

Tourist Attraction - Tiburon, Marin County, California

Tourist Attraction - Tiburon, Marin County, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Tiburon occupies most of the Tiburon Peninsula, which reaches south into the San Francisco Bay. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California ... More

Tiburon Peninsula, San Francisco, California

Tiburon Peninsula, San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Tiburon's name derives from the Spanish word tiburón, which means "shark." The name was probably inspired by the prevalence of native leopard sharks in th... More

Bell on Angel Island, an island in San Francisco Bay that offers expansive views of the San Francisco skyline, the Marin County Headlands and Mount Tamalpais

Bell on Angel Island, an island in San Francisco Bay that offers expan...

The island has been used for a variety of purposes, including military forts, a US Public Health Service Quarantine Station, and a US Bureau of Immigration inspection and detention facility. Title, date and key... More

Angel Island Immigration Station on Angel Island, in San Francisco Bay, California

Angel Island Immigration Station on Angel Island, in San Francisco Bay...

The island has been used for a variety of purposes, including military forts, a US Public Health Service Quarantine Station, and a US Bureau of Immigration inspection and detention facility. Title, date and key... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

Immigration station, Angel Island, Cal.,  Panoramic Photograph

Immigration station, Angel Island, Cal., Panoramic Photograph

J201251 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; J. D. Givens; 1915. Copyright claimant's address: S.F., Cal.

Grace Cathedral, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall, 1051 Taylor Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Grace Cathedral, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall, 1051 Taylor Stree...

Significance: Constructed in 1911, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall (hereinafter referred to by its common name, Cathedral House) is significant as the first permanent structure built in the Grace Cathedral c... More

Grace Cathedral, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall, 1051 Taylor Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Grace Cathedral, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall, 1051 Taylor Stree...

Significance: Constructed in 1911, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall (hereinafter referred to by its common name, Cathedral House) is significant as the first permanent structure built in the Grace Cathedral c... More

Grace Cathedral, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall, 1051 Taylor Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Grace Cathedral, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall, 1051 Taylor Stree...

Significance: Constructed in 1911, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall (hereinafter referred to by its common name, Cathedral House) is significant as the first permanent structure built in the Grace Cathedral c... More

Alcatraz, Warehouse-Bakery, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Warehouse-Bakery, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Fr...

Survey number: HABS CA-1792-F National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209

Camp Reynolds, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Camp Reynolds, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Angel Island State Park,...

Significance: Camp Reynolds was established on Angel Island in 1863 to enhance the coastal defenses of San Francisco Bay during the Civil War. In 1866 Camp Reynolds became the army's general depot for receivin... More

Alcatraz, Power Plant, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Power Plant, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francis...

Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alcatraz, Power Plant, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Power Plant, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francis...

Public domain photograph of California industry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alcatraz, Power Plant, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Power Plant, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francis...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a machine, industrial equipment, engine, generator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Alcatraz, Power Plant, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Power Plant, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francis...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building interior, power generator, furnace, boiler, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Camp Reynolds, Chapel, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Camp Reynolds, Chapel, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin Co...

Significance: Camp Reynolds was established on Angel Island in 1863 to enhance the coastal defenses of San Francisco Bay during the Civil War. In 1866 Camp Reynolds became the army's general depot for receivin... More

Camp Reynolds, Chapel, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Camp Reynolds, Chapel, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin Co...

Significance: Camp Reynolds was established on Angel Island in 1863 to enhance the coastal defenses of San Francisco Bay during the Civil War. In 1866 Camp Reynolds became the army's general depot for receivin... More

Alcatraz, Officer's Club, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Officer's Club, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Survey number: HABS CA-1792-L National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209

Alcatraz, Officer's Club, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Officer's Club, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Survey number: HABS CA-1792-L National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209

Alcatraz, Warden's House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Warden's House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Survey number: HABS CA-1792-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209

Fort Baker, Storehouse, Near intersection of Breitung & Satterlee Roads, Sausalito, Marin County, CA

Fort Baker, Storehouse, Near intersection of Breitung & Satterlee Road...

Significance: Building FB-570 is significant as a relatively unmodified example of a Theatre of Operations 700 (T.O. 700) Series Storehouse (Type WH-A-T) built in 1942 as part of the mobilization effort for Wor... More

Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco...

Significance: Spanning one of the World's most spectacular channels, the Golden Gate Bridge is internationally renowned as a superb structural and aesthetic example of suspension bridge design. Survey number: ... More

Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco...

Significance: Spanning one of the World's most spectacular channels, the Golden Gate Bridge is internationally renowned as a superb structural and aesthetic example of suspension bridge design. Survey number: ... More

Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Golden Gate Bridge, Spanning mouth of San Francisco Bay, San Francisco...

Significance: Spanning one of the World's most spectacular channels, the Golden Gate Bridge is internationally renowned as a superb structural and aesthetic example of suspension bridge design. Survey number: ... More

Camp Reynolds, Band Master's Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Camp Reynolds, Band Master's Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel ...

Significance: Camp Reynolds was established on Angel Island in 1863 to enhance the coastal defenses of San Francisco Bay during the Civil War. In 1866 Camp Reynolds became the army's general depot for receivin... More

Fort Barry, Signal Corps Radar 296, Station 5, Transmitter Building Foundation, Point Bonita, Marin Headlands, Sausalito, Marin County, CA

Fort Barry, Signal Corps Radar 296, Station 5, Transmitter Building Fo...

Significance: The S.C.R. 296 Station 5 Transmitter Building Foundation is important for its supporting role in the seacoast defenses of the San Francisco Bay. Station 5 supported the S.C.R. 296, a highly sensit... More

Fort Barry, Theater, Fort Barry, Rosenstock Road, Sausalito, Marin County, CA

Fort Barry, Theater, Fort Barry, Rosenstock Road, Sausalito, Marin Cou...

Significance: Building FA-946 is significant as a relatively unmodified example of a 700 Series (Type TH-3) base theatre built in 1941 as part of the mobilization effort for World War II. Located in Fort Barry... More

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...

Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ... More

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...

Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ... More

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...

Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ... More

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...

Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ... More

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...

Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ... More

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...

Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo, Solano County, CA

Carquinez Bridge, Spanning Carquinez Strait at Interstate 80, Vallejo,...

Significance: The Caquinez Bridge is a cantilever truss structure which carries three lanes of westbound Interstate-80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait. (Eastbound I-80 traffic is carried by a parallel stru... More

Ferry EUREKA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Ferry EUREKA, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, C...

See HAER CA-364 for documentation of the Eureka's Lifeboat No. 3. Significance: EUREKA, considered to be the only extant vessel of its type in the United States, symbolizes an era of travel that has all but van... More

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Significance: Designed to protect the entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Classic example of brick seacoast forts. Abandoned in 1886 when powerful rifled cannons made brick forts obsolete. Survey number: HABS... More

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Significance: Designed to protect the entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Classic example of brick seacoast forts. Abandoned in 1886 when powerful rifled cannons made brick forts obsolete. Survey number: HABS... More

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Significance: Designed to protect the entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Classic example of brick seacoast forts. Abandoned in 1886 when powerful rifled cannons made brick forts obsolete. Survey number: HABS... More

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Significance: Designed to protect the entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Classic example of brick seacoast forts. Abandoned in 1886 when powerful rifled cannons made brick forts obsolete. Survey number: HABS... More

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Fort Point, U.S. Highway 101, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Significance: Designed to protect the entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Classic example of brick seacoast forts. Abandoned in 1886 when powerful rifled cannons made brick forts obsolete. Survey number: HABS... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Shasta County, CA

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Sha...

Significance: The Pit 4 Diversion Dam is important as an original feature of the Pit 3, 4 and 5 Hydroelectric Plant. Pit 4 Dam is an excellent example of early twentieth century hydroelectric architecture and ... More

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Shasta County, CA

Pit 4 Diversion Dam, Pit River west of State Highway 89, Big Bend, Sha...

Significance: The Pit 4 Diversion Dam is important as an original feature of the Pit 3, 4 and 5 Hydroelectric Plant. Pit 4 Dam is an excellent example of early twentieth century hydroelectric architecture and ... More

Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisc...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2216 Survey number: HABS CA-1792-A Building/structure dates: 1853-1859 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1909-1912 Subsequent Work Bu... More

Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Cell House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisc...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N2216 Survey number: HABS CA-1792-A Building/structure dates: 1853-1859 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1909-1912 Subsequent Work Bu... More

Tiburon Peninsula, San Francisco, California

Tiburon Peninsula, San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Tiburon's name derives from the Spanish word tiburón, which means "shark." The name was probably inspired by the prevalence of native leopard sharks in th... More

Golden Gate Bridge from Crissy Field in San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Bridge from Crissy Field in San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

The Wave Organ, an acoustic sculpture in San Francisco, California

The Wave Organ, an acoustic sculpture in San Francisco, California

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Constructed on the shore of San Francisco Bay by the Exploratorium. Through a series of pipes, the wave organ interacts with the waves of the bay and conv... More

Poetic verse carved into the wall of the detention barracks at Angel Island is an island in San Francisco Bay that offers expansive views of the San Francisco skyline, the Marin County Headlands and Mount Tamalpais

Poetic verse carved into the wall of the detention barracks at Angel I...

Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, Spanning San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Significance: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of the most impressive engineering structures in the United States. It is also one of the most important transportation links in the United States, ser... More

Grace Cathedral, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall, 1051 Taylor Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Grace Cathedral, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall, 1051 Taylor Stree...

Significance: Constructed in 1911, George William Gibbs Memorial Hall (hereinafter referred to by its common name, Cathedral House) is significant as the first permanent structure built in the Grace Cathedral c... More

Alcatraz, Warehouse-Bakery, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Warehouse-Bakery, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Fr...

Survey number: HABS CA-1792-F National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209

Photograph of San Francisco in ruins from Lawrence Captive Airship, 2000 feet above San Francisco Bay overlooking water front. Sunset over Golden [Gat]e

Photograph of San Francisco in ruins from Lawrence Captive Airship, 20...

Copyright claimant's address: Chicago. Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; 1906. Exhibit loan 4105-L. Exhibited in: Documenting disaster: photographs of the 1906 San Francisco earthquakes and fire, San Fra... More

Camp Reynolds, Officer's Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Camp Reynolds, Officer's Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Isla...

Significance: Camp Reynolds was established on Angel Island in 1863 to enhance the coastal defenses of San Francisco Bay during the Civil War. In 1866 Camp Reynolds became the army's general depot for receivin... More

Camp Reynolds, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Camp Reynolds, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Angel Island State Park,...

Significance: Camp Reynolds was established on Angel Island in 1863 to enhance the coastal defenses of San Francisco Bay during the Civil War. In 1866 Camp Reynolds became the army's general depot for receivin... More

Camp Reynolds, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Camp Reynolds, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Angel Island State Park,...

Significance: Camp Reynolds was established on Angel Island in 1863 to enhance the coastal defenses of San Francisco Bay during the Civil War. In 1866 Camp Reynolds became the army's general depot for receivin... More

Camp Reynolds, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Angel Island State Park, Angel Island, Marin County, CA

Camp Reynolds, Commanding Officer's Quarters, Angel Island State Park,...

Significance: Camp Reynolds was established on Angel Island in 1863 to enhance the coastal defenses of San Francisco Bay during the Civil War. In 1866 Camp Reynolds became the army's general depot for receivin... More

Alcatraz, Warden's House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Alcatraz, Warden's House, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, San Fran...

Survey number: HABS CA-1792-B National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000209

Fort Baker, Storehouse, Near intersection of Breitung & Satterlee Roads, Sausalito, Marin County, CA

Fort Baker, Storehouse, Near intersection of Breitung & Satterlee Road...

Significance: Building FB-570 is significant as a relatively unmodified example of a Theatre of Operations 700 (T.O. 700) Series Storehouse (Type WH-A-T) built in 1942 as part of the mobilization effort for Wor... More

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