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Unfinished History

1920 view north from Hunter's Point Ridge over India Basin, Union Iron Works, Spreckel's sugar refinery, PG&E oil burning steam powered electrical generating facilities below Potrero Hill in the distance. Islais Creek waters below.

Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA

Panorama of Butchertown and Islais Creek, c. 1890s.

Photo: George F. Lengeman collection

View east along southern shore of India Basin, c. 1900. Wooden shipbuilding yards in foreground, and Hunters Point repair shipyard in distance.

Photo: George F. Lengeman collection

Indian basin, piers along shores of Hunter's Point, some probably belonging to Chinese shrimp fishermen. April 16, 1918.

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.01833

India Basin Shipyards pictured in 1929

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp71.1164

India Basin, 1950s.

Photo: OpenSFhistory.org wnp14.2139

Boy with dog on the Hunters Point peninsula looking northward across India Basin, c. 1890s.

Photo: George F. Lengeman collection

India Basin, pictured here in 1996, where a park was carved out of the industrial shoreline just north of Hunter's Point.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

The India Basin park seen in 2005, mudflats and native plants beginning to fill the surrounding waters.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

India Basin as seen from above on Hunters Point Hill, December 2012.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

The southeastern shoreline is also home to a number of indigenous plants and a restored habitat, the PG&E plant before its demolition on shoreline.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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-'''1920 view north from Hunter's Point Ridge over [[India Basin|India Basin]], [[Shipyards in Decay--1996 | Union Iron Works]], Spreckel's sugar refinery, PG&E oil burning steam powered electrical generating facilities  below Potrero Hill in the distance. [[Islais Creek Remembered|Islais Creek]]''' waters below.
+'''1920 view north from Hunter's Point Ridge over [[India Basin|India Basin]], [[Shipyards in Decay| Union Iron Works]], [[Sugar Palace|Spreckel's sugar refinery]], PG&E oil burning steam powered electrical generating facilities  below Potrero Hill in the distance. [[Islais Creek Remembered|Islais Creek]]''' waters below.
-''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
+''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
-[[Image:bayvwhp$beached-in-india-basin.jpg]]
+[[Image:Panorama Butchertown-and-Islais-Creek-c-1900.jpg|800px]]
-'''India Basin Shipyards pictured in 1928'''
+'''Panorama of Butchertown and Islais Creek, c. 1890s.'''
-''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
+''Photo: George F. Lengeman collection''
+[[Image:View-south-across-India-Basin,-early-1900s.-Wooden-shipbuilding-yards-on-the-shore-and-Hunters-Point-in-far-left-distance..jpg]]
+'''View east along southern shore of India Basin, c. 1900. Wooden shipbuilding yards in foreground, and Hunters Point repair shipyard in distance.'''
+''Photo: George F. Lengeman collection''
+[[Image:India Basin Apr 16, 1918 wnp36.01833.jpg|800px]]
+'''Indian basin, piers along shores of Hunter's Point, some probably belonging to [[Chinese shrimping village|Chinese shrimp fishermen]]. April 16, 1918.'''
+''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp36.01833''
+[[Image:India Basin circa 1929 wnp71.1164.jpg|800px]]
+'''India Basin Shipyards pictured in 1929'''
+''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp71.1164''
+[[Image:India Basin 1950s wnp14.2139.jpg|800px]]
+'''India Basin, 1950s.'''
+''Photo: OpenSFhistory.org wnp14.2139''
+[[Image:Boy-with-dog-on-HP-peninsula-looking-north.jpg]]
+'''Boy with dog on the Hunters Point peninsula looking northward across India Basin, c. 1890s.'''
+''Photo: George F. Lengeman collection''
 [[Image:bayvwhp$india-basin-park-1996.jpg]]
-'''[[menu_icon |India Basin]], pictured here in 1996, where a park was carved out of the industrial shoreline just north of Hunter's Point. '''
+'''India Basin, pictured here in 1996, where a park was carved out of the industrial shoreline just north of Hunter's Point. '''
 ''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
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 ''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
-[[Image:India_basin_powerplant1505.jpg]]
+[[Image:India-basin-from-hp-hill 1360.jpg]]
-'''The [[India Basin and the Southeast Bayshore |southeastern shoreline]] is also home to a number of indigenous plants and a restored habitat.'''
+'''India Basin as seen from above on Hunters Point Hill, December 2012.'''
 ''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
-[[Image:India-basin-power-skyline15.jpg]]
+[[Image:India_basin_powerplant1505.jpg]]
-'''The [[Hunters Point Mid-1990s|PG&E Hunter's Point power plant]], finally shut down after years of community pressure, on the shoreline in 2007 prior to its deconstruction.'''
+'''The [[India Basin and the Southeast Bayshore |southeastern shoreline]] is also home to a number of indigenous plants and a restored habitat, the [[Hunter's Point PG&E Power Plant Before and After|PG&E plant]] before its demolition on shoreline.'''
 ''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
-[[Image:Across-India-Basin-at-demolished-pge-plant-and-downtown 7734.jpg]]
-'''March 2009, after demolition of PG&E power plant, the view across India Basin north towards Herons Head Park and downtown in distance too.'''
-''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
-[[Image:Shoreline-tour-button.jpg]] [[India Basin and the Southeast Bayshore|--> Shoreline Tour]]
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+[[Image:Tours-shoreline.gif|link=India Basin and the Southeast Bayshore]] [[India Basin and the Southeast Bayshore| Continue Shoreline Tour]]
-[[Candlestick Point State Recreation Area |Prev. Document]]  [[India Basin and the Southeast Bayshore | Next Document]]
+[[Shipwright's Cottage |Prev. Document]]  [[India Basin and the Southeast Bayshore | Next Document]]
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+[[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]] [[category:1910s]] [[category:1920s]] [[category:1950s]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:2000s]] [[category:shoreline]] [[category:Water]] [[category:1900s]] [[category:1890s]]