Copra Crane in Islais Creek - Revision history

Ccarlsson: added photo

2020-05-18T00:15:23Z

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	'''The Copra Crane has been the subject of a campaign to save it as a [[The Copra Dock at Islais Creek: ILWU Oral History\|monument to the old days of longshoring]] at the creek. Aerial dancers "re-purpose" the Copra Crane on Islais Creek for a stunning dance performance in 1999.'''		'''The Copra Crane has been the subject of a campaign to save it as a [[The Copra Dock at Islais Creek: ILWU Oral History\|monument to the old days of longshoring]] at the creek. Aerial dancers "re-purpose" the Copra Crane on Islais Creek for a stunning dance performance in 1999.'''

			[[Image:Copra-crane-disassembled-on-street 20180721 174420.jpg]]

			'''Slowly distintegrating into the pavement, the Copra Crane lies in pieces on Tennessee Street next to Islais Creek, 2018.'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

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Ccarlsson at 00:51, 7 May 2020

2020-05-07T00:51:40Z

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	''—Archie Green''		''—Archie Green''

			[[Image:COPRALIN.jpg\|800px]]

			'''Line drawing done for campaign to save the Copra Crane'''

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	'''The Copra Crane has been the subject of a campaign to save it as a monument to the old days of longshoring at the creek. Aerial dancers "re-purpose" the Copra Crane on Islais Creek for a stunning dance performance in 1999.'''		'''The Copra Crane has been the subject of a campaign to save it as a [[The Copra Dock at Islais Creek: ILWU Oral History\|monument to the old days of longshoring]] at the creek. Aerial dancers "re-purpose" the Copra Crane on Islais Creek for a stunning dance performance in 1999.'''

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Ccarlsson: added photo and decade

2020-02-06T06:29:39Z

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	At the mini-park on the south side of the channel the Friends of the Urban Forest have planted trees. The north side of the channel where the crane is located will be developed into a park featuring a 700 foot promenade and a museum (a refurbished walking bosses' shack) with photos, artifacts and written history. Industrial artifacts from the copra processing plant are being salvaged and will be used as sculptures throughout the park.		At the mini-park on the south side of the channel the Friends of the Urban Forest have planted trees. The north side of the channel where the crane is located will be developed into a park featuring a 700 foot promenade and a museum (a refurbished walking bosses' shack) with photos, artifacts and written history. Industrial artifacts from the copra processing plant are being salvaged and will be used as sculptures throughout the park.

	'''~~RECONSTRUCTING HISTORY~~ '''		[[Image:July 1963 Islais Creek View west from 3rd Street Bridge. Ship docked at Cargill Copra Plant, Bernal Heights in background left, Twin Peaks in background right wnp25.1676.jpg\|792px]]

			'''July 1963, Islais Creek view west from 3rd Street Bridge. Ship is docked at Cargill Copra Plant. Bernal Heights in background to left.'''

			''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp24.1676''

			<font size=4>RECONSTRUCTING HISTORY </font size>

	Walking Boss Local 91 foremen Bud Riggs, Will Whitaker and Joe Amyes have been helping to piece together the story of the crane and of Pier 84. ILWU oral historian Harvey Schwartz (author of the book "The March Inland" on ILWU warehouse organizing in the 1930s) also has been gathering the history of the crane, pier 84 and the Cargill Mill, interviewing people who worked there. Here are a few excerpts:		Walking Boss Local 91 foremen Bud Riggs, Will Whitaker and Joe Amyes have been helping to piece together the story of the crane and of Pier 84. ILWU oral historian Harvey Schwartz (author of the book "The March Inland" on ILWU warehouse organizing in the 1930s) also has been gathering the history of the crane, pier 84 and the Cargill Mill, interviewing people who worked there. Here are a few excerpts:
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2018-05-25T06:54:11Z

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	[[The Copra Dock at Islais Creek: ILWU Oral History\|ILWU Local 10 longshoremen worked the pier]], using picks and shovels to break up the large pieces of copra in the ships' hulls. A large suction pump known as a blower then moved the copra pieces to the mill where ILWU Local 6 members processed it into oil. The remaining "copra meal" was pressed into pellets, put into 100 pound sacks and the warehousemen prepared it to be shipped across the bay to warehouses at Colgate-Palmolive-Peet and McKessin-Robbins. The crane was used to load the copra meal onto outbound ships.		[[The Copra Dock at Islais Creek: ILWU Oral History\|ILWU Local 10 longshoremen worked the pier]], using picks and shovels to break up the large pieces of copra in the ships' hulls. A large suction pump known as a blower then moved the copra pieces to the mill where ILWU Local 6 members processed it into oil. The remaining "copra meal" was pressed into pellets, put into 100 pound sacks and the warehousemen prepared it to be shipped across the bay to warehouses at Colgate-Palmolive-Peet and McKessin-Robbins. The crane was used to load the copra meal onto outbound ships.

			[[Image:Copra Crane.jpg\|right]]

	The crane and the mill have not been in use since the mid-1970s. Currently they are owned by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, the city's public transit agency, which had plans to demolish both.		The crane and the mill have not been in use since the mid-1970s. Currently they are owned by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, the city's public transit agency, which had plans to demolish both.

Ccarlsson: added photo and link

2014-10-14T00:32:39Z

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	''Photo: Chris Carlsson, 2005''		''Photo: Chris Carlsson, 2005''

			[[Image:Copra-crane.jpg]]

			'''Copra Crane, late 1990s.'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''


	The Copra Crane, located on the Islais Creek Channel, dates back to a time when coconut meat, also known as copra, was imported from the Philippines and pressed into coconut oil at the nearby Cargill Mill.		The Copra Crane, located on the Islais Creek Channel, dates back to a time when coconut meat, also known as copra, was imported from the Philippines and pressed into coconut oil at the nearby Cargill Mill.

	ILWU Local 10 longshoremen worked the pier, using picks and shovels to break up the large pieces of copra in the ships' hulls. A large suction pump known as a blower then moved the copra pieces to the mill where ILWU Local 6 members processed it into oil. The remaining "copra meal" was pressed into pellets, put into 100 pound sacks and the warehousemen prepared it to be shipped across the bay to warehouses at Colgate-Palmolive-Peet and McKessin-Robbins. The crane was used to load the copra meal onto outbound ships.		[[The Copra Dock at Islais Creek: ILWU Oral History\|ILWU Local 10 longshoremen worked the pier]], using picks and shovels to break up the large pieces of copra in the ships' hulls. A large suction pump known as a blower then moved the copra pieces to the mill where ILWU Local 6 members processed it into oil. The remaining "copra meal" was pressed into pellets, put into 100 pound sacks and the warehousemen prepared it to be shipped across the bay to warehouses at Colgate-Palmolive-Peet and McKessin-Robbins. The crane was used to load the copra meal onto outbound ships.

	The crane and the mill have not been in use since the mid-1970s. Currently they are owned by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, the city's public transit agency, which had plans to demolish both.		The crane and the mill have not been in use since the mid-1970s. Currently they are owned by the San Francisco Municipal Railway, the city's public transit agency, which had plans to demolish both.

Ccarlsson: fixed video code

2014-09-01T18:31:20Z

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	'''The Copra Crane has been the subject of a campaign to save it as a monument to the old days of longshoring at the creek. Aerial dancers "re-purpose" the Copra Crane on Islais Creek for a stunning dance performance in 1999.'''		'''The Copra Crane has been the subject of a campaign to save it as a monument to the old days of longshoring at the creek. Aerial dancers "re-purpose" the Copra Crane on Islais Creek for a stunning dance performance in 1999.'''

Ccarlsson at 06:09, 24 October 2011

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-Walking Boss Local 91 foremen Bud Riggs, Will Whitaker and Joe Amyes have been helping to piece together the story of the crane and of Pier 84. ILWU oral historian Harvey Schwartz (author of the book "The March Inland" on ILWU warehouse organizing in the 1930s) also has been gathering the history of the crane, pier 84 and the Cargill Mill, interviewing people who worked there.
+Walking Boss Local 91 foremen Bud Riggs, Will Whitaker and Joe Amyes have been helping to piece together the story of the crane and of Pier 84. ILWU oral historian Harvey Schwartz (author of the book "The March Inland" on ILWU warehouse organizing in the 1930s) also has been gathering the history of the crane, pier 84 and the Cargill Mill, interviewing people who worked there. Here are a few excerpts:
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Ccarlsson at 23:11, 17 October 2011

2011-10-17T23:11:30Z

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Lisaruth: removed from water tour

2009-01-05T06:27:02Z

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	'''The Copra Crane has been the subject of a campaign to save it as a monument to the old days of longshoring at the creek. Aerial dancers "re-purpose" the Copra Crane on Islais Creek for a stunning dance performance in 1999.'''		'''The Copra Crane has been the subject of a campaign to save it as a monument to the old days of longshoring at the creek. Aerial dancers "re-purpose" the Copra Crane on Islais Creek for a stunning dance performance in 1999.'''

	~~[[Image:water-tour-button-new.jpg]] [[WASHERWOMAN'S LAGOON\|--> Water Tour]]~~

	[[Islais Creek Remembered\|back to Islais Creek Remembered]]		[[Islais Creek Remembered\|back to Islais Creek Remembered]]

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Lisaruth: added page to Water Tour, added page content type

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			'''<font face = Papyrus> <font color = maroon> <font size = 4>Historical Essay</font></font> </font>'''

	[[Image:Copra-crane3648.jpg]]		[[Image:Copra-crane3648.jpg]]

			'''Copra Crane'''

	''Photo: Chris Carlsson, 2005''		''Photo: Chris Carlsson, 2005''

	~~'''Copra Crane'''~~

	The Copra Crane, located on the Islais Creek Channel, dates back to a time when coconut meat, also known as copra, was imported from the Philippines and pressed into coconut oil at the nearby Cargill Mill.		The Copra Crane, located on the Islais Creek Channel, dates back to a time when coconut meat, also known as copra, was imported from the Philippines and pressed into coconut oil at the nearby Cargill Mill.
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	'''The Copra Crane has been the subject of a campaign to save it as a monument to the old days of longshoring at the creek. Aerial dancers "re-purpose" the Copra Crane on Islais Creek for a stunning dance performance in 1999.'''		'''The Copra Crane has been the subject of a campaign to save it as a monument to the old days of longshoring at the creek. Aerial dancers "re-purpose" the Copra Crane on Islais Creek for a stunning dance performance in 1999.'''

			[[Image:water-tour-button-new.jpg]] [[WASHERWOMAN'S LAGOON\|--> Water Tour]]

	[[Islais Creek Remembered\|back to Islais Creek Remembered]]		[[Islais Creek Remembered\|back to Islais Creek Remembered]]

	[[category:shoreline]] [[category:water]] [[category:Labor]] [[category:Ecology]] [[category:Performing Arts]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:Dance]] [[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]]		[[category:shoreline]] [[category:water]] [[category:Labor]] [[category:Ecology]] [[category:Performing Arts]] [[category:1990s]] [[category:Dance]] [[category:Bayview/Hunter's Point]]