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Unfinished History

San Bruno Avenue, now Bayshore Boulevard, at intersection with Sunnydale Avenue, 1928. Southern Pacific yards and roundhouse are to the east (right) of this photo, where they were established on the landfill in what was once known as Candlestick Cove, or Brisbane Lagoon.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

Same view—of Bayshore Boulevard at Sunnydale Avenue, San Francisco southern city limit—taken March 2020.

Photo: Ryan Kuang

Northerly view from above San Bruno Mountain with railyards and San Francisco dump in foreground, SF city limits not far north of the bottom of the photo.

Photo: San Francisco Planning Commission

March 8, 1905 view north from Visitacion Point, Brisbane. The first hill across the water was flattened for bay fill that became the Southern Pacific bayshore railyards.

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp27.6366

Northerly view of Caltrain tracks at Brisbane overpass, 2020.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

The Bayshore yard in 1983, with train traffic, straddling the political boundary between San Francisco and San Mateo counties.

Photo: courtesy Reg McGovern

Old Southern Pacific roundhouse, long abandoned, in Bayshore train yard, 2010.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

From inside the old SP roundhouse, 2010.

Bayshore highway wrapping around San Bruno Mountain, south of Visitacion Valley, July 9, 1917.

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.01644; DPW Book 19, DPW 4509

Bayshore highway above Sierra Point wrapping around San Bruno Mountain's easternmost corner, south of Visitacion Valley, January 26, 2020.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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+'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''
-Oyster Point c. 1976
+[[Image:San-Bruno-Ave-now-Bayshore-Blvd-north-south-of-Sunnydale-Ave-1928-SFPL.jpg|720px]]
-'''Train coursing the shoreline around San Bruno Mountain at tip of what is now Sierra Point. '''
+'''San Bruno Avenue, now Bayshore Boulevard, at intersection with Sunnydale Avenue, 1928. Southern Pacific yards and roundhouse are to the east (right) of this photo, where they were established on the landfill in what was once known as [[San Bruno Mountain|Candlestick Cove]], or [[SAN BRUNO MOUNTAIN WATCH|Brisbane Lagoon]].'''
-Brisbane Lagoon hasn't yet been filled as a dump, and there isn't yet any Highway 101.
+''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''
-[[Image:bayvwhp$sierra-pt-1926.jpg]]
+[[Image: Southern Limit Middle Bayshore Sunnydale March 2020.jpg]]
-Sierra Point c. 1926
+'''Same view—of Bayshore Boulevard at Sunnydale Avenue, San Francisco southern city limit—taken March 2020.'''
-Contributors to this page include:
+''Photo: Ryan Kuang''
-''San Francisco Public Library,San Francisco,CA - Publisher or Photographer ''
+[[Image:Northerly-view-from-above-SB-Mtn-w-railyards-and-SF-dump 3028.jpg|720px|thumb]]
-San Francisco Public Library,San Francisco,CA - Publisher or Photographer
+'''Northerly view from above San Bruno Mountain with railyards and San Francisco dump in foreground, SF city limits not far north of the bottom of the photo.'''
-[[Before the Navy, Hunters Point was home to a Chinese shrimping village. In 1938 the Fire Department burned the remaining structures to make way for the Navy. In 1941, the 250-foot tall Avisadero Point at the very eastern end of the Point was dynamited and turned into landfill.  Prev. Document]]  [[Bayshore views Next Document]]
+''Photo: San Francisco Planning Commission''
+[[Image:March 8 1905 View north from Visitacion Point Brisbane, View north to Bayview Hill and Candlestick Point (The first hill at center was flattened for bay fill). Southern Pacific Bayshore yards site.wnp27.6366.jpg|792px]]
+'''March 8, 1905 view north from Visitacion Point, Brisbane. The first hill across the water was flattened for bay fill that became the Southern Pacific bayshore railyards.'''
+''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp27.6366''
+[[Image:North-view-of-caltrain-tracks-at-Brisbane 20200126 160255.jpg]]
+'''Northerly view of Caltrain tracks at Brisbane overpass, 2020.'''
+''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
+[[Image:The Bayshore yard in 1983, with train traffic. Courtesy Reg McGovern. bayshore-yard-info 10-1983 regmcgovern.jpg|720px]]
+'''The Bayshore yard in 1983, with train traffic, straddling the political boundary between San Francisco and San Mateo counties.'''
+''Photo: courtesy Reg McGovern''
+[[Image:Roundhouse-w-sb-mtn-1374.jpg]]
+'''Old Southern Pacific roundhouse, long abandoned, in Bayshore train yard, 2010.'''
+''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
+[[Image:Roundhouse-w-pampas-grass-1383.jpg]]
+'''From inside the old SP roundhouse, 2010.'''
+[[Image:July 9 1917 Bayshore south of Visitacion Valley dpwbook19 dpw4509 wnp36.01644.jpg|792px]]
+'''Bayshore highway wrapping around San Bruno Mountain, south of Visitacion Valley, July 9, 1917.'''
+''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.01644; DPW Book 19, DPW 4509''
+[[Image:Bayshore-highway-above-sierra-pt-looking-south 20200126 154916.jpg]]
+'''Bayshore highway above [[Sierra Point: From Dump to Office Park|Sierra Point]] wrapping around San Bruno Mountain's easternmost corner, south of Visitacion Valley, January 26, 2020.'''
+''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
+[[Chinese shrimping village| Prev. Document]]  [[Bayshore views | Next Document]]
+[[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]] [[category:Shoreline]] [[category:Water]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:1970s]] [[category:Roads]] [[category:Transit]] [[category:2010s]] [[category:Visitacion Valley]] [[category:San Francisco outside the city]] [[category:1900s]] [[category:1910s]] [[category:2020s]] [[category:South Bay and Peninsula]]