Bernal Cut
Unfinished History
Train passing through Bernal Cut near Milton Street, 1905.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
Looking south in Bernal Cut near Charles Street, 1905.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
Railroad passing Bernal Cut, 1908.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
Looking south through the Bernal Cut, pre-1929.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
Widening the Bernal Cut to make it a car route too, 1929.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
Bernal Cut at Richland Avenue overpass, October 18, 1929.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
Bernal Cut, Richland Avenue, Miguel Street Bridge and Highland Avenue Bridge, October 18, 1929.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
Bernal Cut looking north from Rousseau Street, April 1930.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
Three children wander hazardously along the Bernal Cut, c. 1942.
Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library
video composite by Cabrarojo, hat-tip to Burrito Justice
The actual route of the San Francisco-San Jose Railroad through Noe Valley - 1873 - (David Rumsey Collection)
Railroad right of way visibly curving through lower Noe Valley in this early 1940s aerial image.
Photo: San Francisco Planning Department
