t o r y o f A H i s Golden Gate Park Fromm Institute - Fall 2019 - John Freeman October 2 - Golden Gate Park on the National Stage
Golden Gate Park in the news. Uninvited Guests at Golden Gate Park Wedding Photo Shoot!
Ferries & Cliff House R.R. Spur line to Golden Gate Park from California St. along 7th Ave. 1888 ~ 1905? Powell St. R.R. Co. Park Entrance
First Suspension Bridge in SF - 1892 - 1928 Built for the safety of pedestrians crossing Middle Drive (east) [now Nancy Pelosi Dr.] from Main Drive to the Band Shell and Children’s Quarter. Constructed by the John Roebling Sons & Co., cable contractors for the Brooklyn Bridge (1869-83) and later, the Golden Gate Bridge (1933-37), using 1 1/2 ” diameter steel cable.
Not In Golden Gate Park!
Quarry Lake would be renamed Lilly Pond. Today it is a secluded body of water, between JFK Drive and Nancy Pelosi Drive. A short cut from Conservatory Valley to the Aids Memorial Dell, Tennis Courts, Lawn Bowling or the Children’s Quarter.
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Second Water Works - 1889
Water works 1889 - 1916 Current pump/power house Exterior pump
Sweeney’s Observatory 1891
Filling Stow Lake - c.1893
Roman Bridge Sweeney’s Observatory Stark Surroundings of Stow Lake c. 1893
Rustic Bridge - William Stow’s afterthought use for lake rock 1893
Rocky Island - then and now.
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