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SP Freight Yard May 18, 1942

View northeast from the rof of a building at about 17th & Mississippi toward Southern Pacific freight yards and and the t-shaped elevated auto and streetcar viaduct at 16th Street and 3rd Street. The Elevated I280 Freeway dominates this view today. (2021) [3rd & 16th Sts. Viaduct][dpwbookXXX dpwA7252]
DPW Horace Chaffee (SF Department of Public Works / Courtesy of a Private Collector)

SP Freight Yard SP Freight Yard

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