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After the 1906 Earthquake and Fire, San Francisco built an independent High Pressure Water System, designed to withstand future
seismic shocks. In addition to reservoirs, cisterns and 74 miles of water mains, the system has two stations for pumping salt water from the bay into
the reservoirs or directly into the mains, Pumping Station No. 1 at Second and Townsend Streets and Pumping Station No. 2 in Fort Mason
at the end of Van Ness Avenue.
Pumping Station No. 2, designed by the firm of Manson, Marsden, Caldwell & Co. in the Mission Revival style, is beautifully situated at the base
of Russian Hill where Fort Mason meets Aquatic Park.
In the photograph, Russina Hill rises in the background while Fort Mason stands on the bluff in the trees.
The station is
extensively documented
in the Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record.
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