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'''Before the Navy, Hunters Point was home to a Chinese shrimping village.'''


''Photos: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
''Photos: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''


Before the Navy, Hunters Point was home to a Chinese shrimping village. In 1938 the Fire Department burned the remaining structures to make way for the Navy. In 1941, the 250-foot tall Avisadero Point at the very eastern end of the Point was dynamited and turned into landfill.
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'''In 1938 the Fire Department burned the remaining structures to make way for the Navy.'''
 
''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''
 
In 1941, the 250-foot tall Avisadero Point at the very eastern end of the Point was dynamited and turned into landfill.


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[[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]] [[category:1930s]] [[category:Chinese]] [[category:Ecology]] [[category:Food]]
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Revision as of 01:00, 15 September 2008

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Before the Navy, Hunters Point was home to a Chinese shrimping village.

Photos: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA

Bayvwhp$shrimp-village-burns.jpg

In 1938 the Fire Department burned the remaining structures to make way for the Navy.

Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA

In 1941, the 250-foot tall Avisadero Point at the very eastern end of the Point was dynamited and turned into landfill.

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