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'''Southern Pacific Railroad entering Bernal Cut as seen from Richland-Miguel overpass, April 5, 1922.'''
'''Southern Pacific Railroad entering Bernal Cut as seen from Richland-Miguel overpass, April 5, 1922.'''


''Photo: SFDPW, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection''
''Photo: SFDPW, courtesy C.R. collection''


[[Image:SPRR-Bernat-Cut-NE-from-Richland-Miguel-overpass-April-5-1922-SFDPW.jpg|720px]]
[[Image:SPRR-Bernat-Cut-NE-from-Richland-Miguel-overpass-April-5-1922-SFDPW.jpg|720px]]
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'''View north of Bernal Cut from same place, on same April day in 1922.'''
'''View north of Bernal Cut from same place, on same April day in 1922.'''


''Photo: SFDPW, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection''
''Photo: SFDPW, courtesy C.R. collection''


[[Image:Train passing through Bernal Cut nd AAA-9904.jpg]]
[[Image:Train passing through Bernal Cut nd AAA-9904.jpg]]
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'''Southern Pacific railroad south of Bernal Cut, no date.'''
'''Southern Pacific railroad south of Bernal Cut, no date.'''


''Photo: Charles Ruiz collection''
''Photo: C.R collection''


[[Image:Bernal Cut southerly view nd AAA-9919.jpg]]
[[Image:Bernal Cut southerly view nd AAA-9919.jpg]]
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'''San Jose Avenue construction with Southern Pacific railroad tracks, looking north at Randall and Dolores, Feb. 3, 1930.'''
'''San Jose Avenue construction with Southern Pacific railroad tracks, looking north at Randall and Dolores, Feb. 3, 1930.'''


''Photo: SFDPW, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection''
''Photo: SFDPW, courtesy C.R.  collection''


[[Image:San-Jose-Ave-sw-at-Dolores-and-Randall-w-Mission-back-left--Highland-overpass-in-center-distance-This-was-Opening-Day-for-new-Bernal-cut-April-16-1930-SFDPW.jpg|720px]]
[[Image:San-Jose-Ave-sw-at-Dolores-and-Randall-w-Mission-back-left--Highland-overpass-in-center-distance-This-was-Opening-Day-for-new-Bernal-cut-April-16-1930-SFDPW.jpg|720px]]
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'''San Jose Avenue southwest at Dolores and Randall. Mission Street at back left, Highland overpass in distance. This was opening day for the newly widened Bernal Cut, April 16, 1930.'''
'''San Jose Avenue southwest at Dolores and Randall. Mission Street at back left, Highland overpass in distance. This was opening day for the newly widened Bernal Cut, April 16, 1930.'''


''Photo: SFDPW, courtesy Charles Ruiz collection''
''Photo: SFDPW, courtesy C.R. collection''


[[Image:Bernal Cut looking from Rousseau street April 1930 AAA-9905.jpg]]
[[Image:Bernal Cut looking from Rousseau street April 1930 AAA-9905.jpg]]

Revision as of 02:11, 26 September 2016

Unfinished History

Southern Pacific Railroad entering Bernal Cut as seen from Richland-Miguel overpass, April 5, 1922.

Photo: SFDPW, courtesy C.R. collection

View north of Bernal Cut from same place, on same April day in 1922.

Photo: SFDPW, courtesy C.R. collection

Train passing through Bernal Cut near Milton Street, 1905.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

Looking south in Bernal Cut near Charles Street, 1905.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

Railroad passing Bernal Cut, 1908.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

Southern Pacific railroad south of Bernal Cut, no date.

Photo: C.R collection

Looking south through the Bernal Cut, pre-1929.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

Widening the Bernal Cut to make it a car route too, 1929.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

Bernal Cut at Richland Avenue overpass, October 18, 1929.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

Bernal Cut, Richland Avenue, Miguel Street Bridge and Highland Avenue Bridge, October 18, 1929.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

San Jose Avenue construction with Southern Pacific railroad tracks, looking north at Randall and Dolores, Feb. 3, 1930.

Photo: SFDPW, courtesy C.R. collection

San Jose Avenue southwest at Dolores and Randall. Mission Street at back left, Highland overpass in distance. This was opening day for the newly widened Bernal Cut, April 16, 1930.

Photo: SFDPW, courtesy C.R. collection

Bernal Cut looking north from Rousseau Street, April 1930.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

Three children wander hazardously along the Bernal Cut, c. 1942.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

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video composite by Cabrarojo, hat-tip to Burrito Justice

The actual route of the San Francisco-San Jose Railroad through Noe Valley - 1873 - (David Rumsey Collection)

Railroad right of way visibly curving through lower Noe Valley in this early 1940s aerial image.

Photo: San Francisco Planning Department


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