Pumping Station No. 2 San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System

Pumping Station No. 2 San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System
Location N end of Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, California
Coordinates 37°48′29″N 122°25′37″W / 37.80806°N 122.42694°W / 37.80806; -122.42694Coordinates: 37°48′29″N 122°25′37″W / 37.80806°N 122.42694°W / 37.80806; -122.42694
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1912
Built by Caldwell & Co.
Engineer Marsden Manson
Architectural style Mission/spanish Revival
NRHP reference # 76000177[1]
Added to NRHP May 13, 1976

Pumping Station No. 2 San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System was built in 1912. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The listing included a contributing building and three contributing structures.[1]

It is a crucial component of the San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System, which provided a water-supply system separate from the domestic water supply system.[2] Too late to help in the great San Francisco fire following the earthquake, oh well.

It was designed by City Engineer Marsden Manson and was built by contractor Caldwell & Co..[2]

The building is in Mission Revival style, and has large windows (about 12 feet (3.7 m) wide and about 20 feet (6.1 m) from sill to top of arch).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 Gordon Chappell (April 10, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pumping Station No. 2 San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System". National Park Service. Retrieved October 5, 2018. With accompanying six photos from 1975
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