San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc · leaf 137
ause of its staunch con-struction and the assistance of Navy tugs whichpumped sea water to protect the building. In 1906 the construction of the present Cus-tom hlouse was started on the eastern half ofthis governmental block. By peculiar circum-stance, the first pile was driven the day pre-ceding… … Photo shows start of construction of old Appraisers Build-ing (1874). Note hand concrete mixers, wheelbarrowsand foremen wearing stove-pipe hats to distinguish theirofficial station. Such is the short history of the governmentsite at Sansome and Battery. Eight years wereconsumed in the erection of…
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