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'''Municipal Reservoir at "University Mound" east of McLaren Park, seen here in the 1930s. Bernal Heights in middle right, Twin Peaks at left edge, even Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County is faintly visible on distant horizon left of center.'''
'''Municipal Reservoir at "University Mound" east of McLaren Park, seen here in the 1930s. Bernal Heights in middle right, Twin Peaks at left edge, even Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County is faintly visible on distant horizon left of center.'''
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''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
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'''Once-thriving greenhouses near University Mound reservior in Portola district.'''
''Photo: Charles Ruiz collection''
[[Image:Overgrown-university-mound-greenhouses-2013 0381.jpg]]
'''Long-abandoned and now overgrown greenhouses, 2012.'''
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''


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[[category:Excelsior/Visitacion Valley]] [[category:hills]] [[category:water]] [[category:1930s]]
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Revision as of 11:47, 12 July 2014

Unfinished History

Excelvis$municipal-reservoir-1930s.jpg

Municipal Reservoir at "University Mound" east of McLaren Park, seen here in the 1930s. Bernal Heights in middle right, Twin Peaks at left edge, even Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County is faintly visible on distant horizon left of center.

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Excelvis$municipal-reservoir-sth-1930s.jpg

Southerly view of the Municipal Reservoir 1930s

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Hothouses-near-University-Mound-reservoir-nd.jpg

Once-thriving greenhouses near University Mound reservior in Portola district.

Photo: Charles Ruiz collection

Overgrown-university-mound-greenhouses-2013 0381.jpg

Long-abandoned and now overgrown greenhouses, 2012.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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