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Unfinished History

1920 view north from Hunter's Point Ridge over India Basin, Union Iron Works, Spreckel's sugar refinery, PG&E oil burning steam powered electrical generating facilities below Potrero Hill in the distance. Islais Creek waters below.

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Panorama of Butchertown and Islais Creek, c. 1890s.

Photo: George F. Lengeman collection

View east along southern shore of India Basin, c. 1900. Wooden shipbuilding yards in foreground, and Hunters Point repair shipyard in distance.

Photo: George F. Lengeman collection

Indian basin, piers along shores of Hunter's Point, some probably belonging to Chinese shrimp fishermen. April 16, 1918.

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.01833

India Basin Shipyards pictured in 1929

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp71.1164

India Basin, 1950s.

Photo: OpenSFhistory.org wnp14.2139

Boy with dog on the Hunters Point peninsula looking northward across India Basin, c. 1890s.

Photo: George F. Lengeman collection

India Basin, pictured here in 1996, where a park was carved out of the industrial shoreline just north of Hunter's Point.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

The India Basin park seen in 2005, mudflats and native plants beginning to fill the surrounding waters.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

India Basin as seen from above on Hunters Point Hill, December 2012.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

The southeastern shoreline is also home to a number of indigenous plants and a restored habitat, the PG&E plant before its demolition on shoreline.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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-In India Basin shipyards and industrial coastline were restored and replaced with a park. Below we have an image from 1928, followed by one taken in 1996, and then two more from 2007.
+'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''
-[[Image:bayvwhp$beached-in-india-basin.jpg]]
+[[Image:bayvwhp$india-basin-1920s-view.jpg]]
+'''1920 view north from Hunter's Point Ridge over [[India Basin|India Basin]], [[Shipyards in Decay| Union Iron Works]], [[Sugar Palace|Spreckel's sugar refinery]], PG&E oil burning steam powered electrical generating facilities  below Potrero Hill in the distance. [[Islais Creek Remembered|Islais Creek]]''' waters below.
+''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
+[[Image:Panorama Butchertown-and-Islais-Creek-c-1900.jpg|800px]]
+'''Panorama of Butchertown and Islais Creek, c. 1890s.'''
+''Photo: George F. Lengeman collection''
+[[Image:View-south-across-India-Basin,-early-1900s.-Wooden-shipbuilding-yards-on-the-shore-and-Hunters-Point-in-far-left-distance..jpg]]
+'''View east along southern shore of India Basin, c. 1900. Wooden shipbuilding yards in foreground, and Hunters Point repair shipyard in distance.'''
+''Photo: George F. Lengeman collection''
+[[Image:India Basin Apr 16, 1918 wnp36.01833.jpg|800px]]
+'''Indian basin, piers along shores of Hunter's Point, some probably belonging to [[Chinese shrimping village|Chinese shrimp fishermen]]. April 16, 1918.'''
+''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.01833''
+[[Image:India Basin circa 1929 wnp71.1164.jpg|800px]]
+'''India Basin Shipyards pictured in 1929'''
+''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp71.1164''
+[[Image:India Basin 1950s wnp14.2139.jpg|800px]]
+'''India Basin, 1950s.'''
+''Photo: OpenSFhistory.org wnp14.2139''
+[[Image:Boy-with-dog-on-HP-peninsula-looking-north.jpg]]
+'''Boy with dog on the Hunters Point peninsula looking northward across India Basin, c. 1890s.'''
+''Photo: George F. Lengeman collection''
 [[Image:bayvwhp$india-basin-park-1996.jpg]]
-[[menu_icon |India Basin]] and the [[India Basin and the Southeast Bayshore |southeastern shoreline]] is also home to a number of indigenous plants and a restored habitat.
+'''India Basin, pictured here in 1996, where a park was carved out of the industrial shoreline just north of Hunter's Point. '''
+''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
+[[Image:India-basin-park0907.jpg]]
+'''The India Basin park seen in 2005, mudflats and native plants beginning to fill the surrounding waters.'''
+''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
+[[Image:India-basin-from-hp-hill 1360.jpg]]
-A new park was recently carved out of the industrial shoreline along India Basin, just north of Hunter's Point. In these pictures, the power plant, finally shut down after years of community pressure, is on the shoreline, prior to its deconstruction.
+'''India Basin as seen from above on Hunters Point Hill, December 2012.'''
+''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
 [[Image:India_basin_powerplant1505.jpg]]
-[[Image:India-basin-power-skyline15.jpg]]
+'''The [[India Basin and the Southeast Bayshore |southeastern shoreline]] is also home to a number of indigenous plants and a restored habitat, the [[Hunter's Point PG&E Power Plant Before and After|PG&E plant]] before its demolition on shoreline.'''
+''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
-''2007 and 1996 photos by Chris Carlsson''
-''1928 photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
+<hr>
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+[[Image:Tours-shoreline.gif|link=India Basin and the Southeast Bayshore]] [[India Basin and the Southeast Bayshore| Continue Shoreline Tour]]
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+[[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]] [[category:1910s]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:1950s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:2000s]] [[category:shoreline]] [[category:Water]] [[category:1900s]] [[category:1890s]]