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'''The Gray Brothers Quarry and brick factory on Corona Heights above bucolic Eureka Valley established in the 1890s. ''' | '''The Gray Brothers Quarry and brick factory on Corona Heights above bucolic Eureka Valley established in the 1890s. ''' | ||
''Photo: | ''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA'' | ||
[[Image:ecology1$corona-hts-quarry-1899.jpg]] | [[Image:ecology1$corona-hts-quarry-1899.jpg]] | ||
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'''By 1899, they had removed tons of rock and produced tens of thousands of bricks, creating the blasted landscape at left (seen from the hill between Eureka and Noe Valleys just west of Dolores Park). The Gray Brothers also quarried [[Telegraph Hill Quarry |Telegraph Hill]] and [[30th and Castro South |Billy Goat Hill]] above Noe Valley.''' | '''By 1899, they had removed tons of rock and produced tens of thousands of bricks, creating the blasted landscape at left (seen from the hill between Eureka and Noe Valleys just west of Dolores Park). The Gray Brothers also quarried [[Telegraph Hill Quarry |Telegraph Hill]] and [[30th and Castro South |Billy Goat Hill]] above Noe Valley.''' | ||
''Photo: | ''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA'' | ||
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'''Corona Heights from the north, looking south, 1926.''' | '''Corona Heights from the north, looking south, 1926.''' | ||
''Photo: | ''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA'' | ||
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'''The Gray Brother's Brick Factory (on the right-hand slope of the hill, center) on Corona Heights as seen from Twin Peaks in 1900''' | '''The Gray Brother's Brick Factory (on the right-hand slope of the hill, center) on Corona Heights as seen from Twin Peaks in 1900''' | ||
''Photo: | ''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA'' | ||
[[Gray Brothers Quarry at Corona Heights | 1965 view towards quarry site]] | [[Gray Brothers Quarry at Corona Heights | 1965 view towards quarry site]] | ||
Revision as of 14:01, 31 March 2014
Unfinished History
File:Ecology1$brick-factory-1880s.jpg
The Gray Brothers Quarry and brick factory on Corona Heights above bucolic Eureka Valley established in the 1890s.
Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA
By 1899, they had removed tons of rock and produced tens of thousands of bricks, creating the blasted landscape at left (seen from the hill between Eureka and Noe Valleys just west of Dolores Park). The Gray Brothers also quarried Telegraph Hill and Billy Goat Hill above Noe Valley.
Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA
Corona Heights from the north, looking south, 1926.
Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA
The Gray Brother's Brick Factory (on the right-hand slope of the hill, center) on Corona Heights as seen from Twin Peaks in 1900
Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA