Islais Creek 1916 flood
Unfinished History
Islais Creek floods on January 14, 1916. This photo is looking north/northwest from Phelps near Jerrold, Bernal Heights in distance.
Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.01159; Original DPW Book 15, DPW2980
Islais Creek flood, January 14, 1916, looking north from Railroad Avenue (now Third Street) and Hudson (Potrero Hill is hill rising in distant right).
Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.01160; Original DPW Book 15, DPW2981
A flood on Islais Creek in 1916 inundated this stretch of Innes Avenue in Hunters Point.
photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA
Islais Creek flood, eleven days later, January 25, 1916, looking southwest from the railroad trestle.
Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.01166; Original DPW Book 15, DPW 2992