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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | |||
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'''This incinerator in the former wetlands of Islais creek between Potrero Hill and Bernal Heights was supposed to solve San Francisco's solid waste disposal problems in the early 1920s. But it never worked, and after [ | '''This incinerator in the [[East Slope Bernal Heights|former wetlands of Islais creek]] between Potrero Hill and Bernal Heights was supposed to solve San Francisco's [[San Francisco's Trash|solid waste disposal problems]] in the early 1920s. But it never worked, and after [[San Bruno Mountain| Brisbane Lagoon]] was taken over for San Francisco's landfill the incinerator was eventually demolished.''' | ||
''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library'' | |||
[[Image:Islais-Creek-Incinerator-1912-w-east-slope-of-Bernal wnp36.jpg]] | |||
'''Incinerator under construction in 1912, with [[East Slope Bernal Heights|east slope of Bernal Heights]] behind to the west.''' | |||
''Photo: courtesy OpenSFHistory.org'' | |||
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'''View west from about Evans and Marin. Twin Peaks, Peralta Heights, Islais Creek Incinerator smokestack and Isolation Hospital (Army and De Haro) in background. Houses on northeast ridge of Bernal Heights, background left. Jun 15 1923.''' | |||
''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.03062'' | |||
[[Image:Evans and Cesar Chavez Dec 19, 1940 wnp36.04296.jpg|800px]] | |||
'''Evans and Cesar Chavez (then Army Street), December 19, 1940.''' | |||
''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.04296'' | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:02, 3 November 2023
Unfinished History
This incinerator in the former wetlands of Islais creek between Potrero Hill and Bernal Heights was supposed to solve San Francisco's solid waste disposal problems in the early 1920s. But it never worked, and after Brisbane Lagoon was taken over for San Francisco's landfill the incinerator was eventually demolished.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
Incinerator under construction in 1912, with east slope of Bernal Heights behind to the west.
Photo: courtesy OpenSFHistory.org
View west from about Evans and Marin. Twin Peaks, Peralta Heights, Islais Creek Incinerator smokestack and Isolation Hospital (Army and De Haro) in background. Houses on northeast ridge of Bernal Heights, background left. Jun 15 1923.
Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.03062
Evans and Cesar Chavez (then Army Street), December 19, 1940.
Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.04296