Western Neighborhoods Project is dedicated to the history of San Francisco's Richmond, Sunset, OMI and West of Twin Peaks districts.   read more ...
 

Outside Lands Podcast Episode 83: Dynamite Factories of the Sunset

Angus Macfarlane returns to talk about the dynamite factories of San Francisco's Sunset District of the 1870s. Spoiler alert: they tended to blow up.
Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast - Aug 10, 2014

Outside Lands Podcast Episode 83: Dynamite Factories of the Sunset Outside Lands Podcast Episode 83: Dynamite Factories of the Sunset

(above) Headlines on Powder Works Explosion, 1872, Jun 22, 2001

Headlines on the 1872 explosion at the Hercules Powder Works.
San Francisco Chronicle, June 22, 1872.

More Podcasts
  • 537: Fashioning San Francisco

    Podcast # 537: Fashioning San Francisco

    Nicole sits down with Laura Camerlengo, the curator in charge of costume and textile arts for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, to talk about the city's unique fashion history and the current deYoung exhibition, "Fashioning San Francisco: A Century of Style." (Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast Jul 27, 2024)
  • 119: Golf Courses

    Podcast # 119: Golf Courses

    San Francisco/'s earliest golf courses were created on the city/'s west side, including the Ingleside. (Outside Lands San Francisco Podcast Apr 25, 2015)
All Podcasts...

The Outside Lands San Francisco podcast is also available as a subscription via iTunes and by RSS feed.

Save SF History