San Francisco Harbor Commission Board
1940

Detailed Map of San Francisco Waterfront 1940

Map of the Waterfront of San Francisco 1940

DESCRIPTION: A 55 inch long detailed planning map of the Harbor of San Francisco, California dated 1940. Produced by the Board of State Harbor Commissioners for San Francisco Harbor, Frank White, Chief Engineer. Rare.
Close-up detail from the title of the Map of the Waterfront of San Francisco 1940 by SF Harbor Commissioners
Documents harbor development in 1940 in minute detail. Coverage sweeps along San Francisco Bay from the South Basin westward and then northward past the Aquatic Park and Fort Mason. Delineates the extent of both the pier head line and the waterfront line. Details each wharf and shows measurements of every space along the waterfront with pier lengths and pier slip widths as well as the very extensive railroad yards and rail lines connected to each dock. Most of these railroad tracks do not exist today.
Close-up detail of the waterfront piers near Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, California in 1940.
Photo-lithograph on a 55" long rolled sheet of thin translucent paper.

CREATOR: San Francisco Harbor Commission Board

PUBLICATION DATE: 1940

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: San Francisco Bay

CONDITION: Very good.  No folds. Very clean. Rolled with minor waviness from rolled storage. On thin translucent paper.

COLORING: None

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 55 " x 16 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 1403

PRICE: $650

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