Irish Hill then and now

Carving the east side of Potrero Hill for a railroad line, c. 1870s

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

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1995 view from 19th St. and Pennsylvania of shipyards and Hwy 280 where Irish Hill used to be. . .

Images of Irish hill in the 1890s and as it appears today, but a remnant of its former self in the midst of an industtrial area.

Irish Hill c. 1890

Same 1890 image in a fuller panorama.

This is what's left of Irish Hill today, near 20th and Illinois.

photos courtesy San Francisco Maritime Museum and Chris Carlsson

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