Presidio
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- Three Days of Fire Earthquake, Fire, and the Forging of Modern San Francisco · Liszt Think
At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, San Francisco shattered. The true catastrophe began moments later when Fire Chief Dennis Sullivan died in the rubble and water mains ruptured, leaving the city defenseless against…
- The Engineer’s Premonition…script preparations consumed their available attention. The United States Army maintained a different kind of watch over San Francisco. The Presidio, the military reservation at the northern tip of the peninsula, housed approximately twelve thousand regular troops under the command of Ma…
- The City Feeds Itself by Water…ctric conduits, the sewer lines. The engineers knew this. The geologists knew this. The property owners had more immediate concerns. At the Presidio, the United States Army post at the Golden Gate, reveille sounded at 5: 30 a. m. As it did every morning. Brigadier General Frederick Funst…
- 2 to His Presence…as the city slept around him, the cables still on their tracks, the theaters darkened, the markets preparing for morning’s commerce. In the Presidio to the north, Brigadier General Frederick Funston lay in quarters that he had occupied since December, commanding the Department of Califor…