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Baker Beach circa 1885

Hikers on the San Francisco Water Works flume, later Spring Valley Water Co. [Old Flume conveying water to the city from Mountain Lake {sic}] (Duplicate of wnp4.1462.jpg) The flume actually carried water from Lobos Creek to a pump station at the foot of Van Ness Avenue, then to reservoirs on Russian Hill.
Photographer Unknown (Courtesy of a Private Collector)

Baker Beach Baker Beach

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