Gray Brothers Quarry at Corona Heights - Revision history

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	''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA''		''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA''

			[[Image:Gray Bros Asphalt stencil.jpg]]

			'''Gray Brothers stencil on 2nd Street near Minna before street renovations removed it in the early 21st century.'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

Dannyg: The Clarke mansion shown in the first photo wasn't built until 1891. The first & fourth photos were taken from Kite Hill--Twin Peaks is too far away, despite the 4th photo's inscription.

2020-06-16T22:54:53Z

The Clarke mansion shown in the first photo wasn't built until 1891. The first & fourth photos were taken from Kite Hill--Twin Peaks is too far away, despite the 4th photo's inscription.

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	[[Image:castro1$corona-heights-quarry-view.jpg]]		[[Image:castro1$corona-heights-quarry-view.jpg]]

	'''~~1880~~ View across upper Eureka Valley towards Mt. Olympus. Gray Brothers [[Corona Heights\|Corona Heights]] Quarry and Brick Factory on south slope of hill.'''		'''1890s View from Kite (Solari) Hill across upper Eureka Valley towards Mt. Olympus. Gray Brothers [[Corona Heights\|Corona Heights]] Quarry and Brick Factory on south slope of hill.'''

	''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''		''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

	The Gray Brothers gained some infamy in turn of the century San Francisco, for they also operated destructive, noisy, dirty quarries on [[Saving Telegraph Hill 1890-1918\| Telegraph Hill]] and at today's [[30th and Castro South\|30th Street]] and Castro. The Gray Brothers Quarry and brick factory on [[Corona Heights\|Corona Heights]] above bucolic Eureka Valley established in the 1890s. All this territory was once part of [[Rancho San Miguel Disappears\|Rancho San Miguel]].		The Gray Brothers gained some infamy in turn of the century San Francisco, for they also operated destructive, noisy, dirty quarries on [[Saving Telegraph Hill 1890-1918\| Telegraph Hill]] and at today's [[30th and Castro South\|30th Street]] and Castro. The Gray Brothers Quarry and brick factory on [[Corona Heights\|Corona Heights]] above bucolic Eureka Valley was established in the 1890s. All this territory was once part of [[Rancho San Miguel Disappears\|Rancho San Miguel]].

	[[Image:ecology1$corona-hts-quarry-1899.jpg]]		[[Image:ecology1$corona-hts-quarry-1899.jpg]]
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	[[Image:ecology1$grey-bros-corona-heights-quarry$factory_itm$brick-factory-1900.jpg]]		[[Image:ecology1$grey-bros-corona-heights-quarry$factory_itm$brick-factory-1900.jpg]]

	'''The Gray ~~Brother's~~ Brick Factory (on the right-hand slope of the hill, center) on Corona Heights as seen from ~~Twin Peaks~~ in 1900'''		'''The Gray Brothers Brick Factory (on the right-hand slope of the hill, center) on Corona Heights as seen from Kite (Solari) Hill in 1900'''

	''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA''		''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA''

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	''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''		''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

	The Gray Brothers gained some infamy in turn of the century San Francisco, for they also operated destructive, noisy, dirty quarries on [[Saving Telegraph Hill 1890-1918\| Telegraph Hill]] and at today's [[30th and Castro South\|30th Street]] and Castro.		The Gray Brothers gained some infamy in turn of the century San Francisco, for they also operated destructive, noisy, dirty quarries on [[Saving Telegraph Hill 1890-1918\| Telegraph Hill]] and at today's [[30th and Castro South\|30th Street]] and Castro. The Gray Brothers Quarry and brick factory on [[Corona Heights\|Corona Heights]] above bucolic Eureka Valley established in the 1890s. All this territory was once part of [[Rancho San Miguel Disappears\|Rancho San Miguel]].

	~~[[Image:ecology1$brick-factory-1880s.jpg]]~~

	~~'''~~The Gray Brothers Quarry and brick factory on [[Corona Heights\|Corona Heights]] above bucolic Eureka Valley established in the 1890s. All this territory was once part of [[Rancho San Miguel Disappears\|Rancho San Miguel]].~~'''~~

	~~''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA''~~

	[[Image:ecology1$corona-hts-quarry-1899.jpg]]		[[Image:ecology1$corona-hts-quarry-1899.jpg]]

Ccarlsson at 00:13, 12 June 2014

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	'''1880 View across upper Eureka Valley towards Mt. Olympus. Gray Brothers [[Corona Heights ~~Quarry~~]] and Brick Factory on south slope of hill.'''		'''1880 View across upper Eureka Valley towards Mt. Olympus. Gray Brothers [[Corona Heights\|Corona Heights]] Quarry and Brick Factory on south slope of hill.'''

	''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''		''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''
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	The Gray Brothers gained some infamy in turn of the century San Francisco, for they also operated destructive, noisy, dirty quarries on [[Saving Telegraph Hill 1890-1918\| Telegraph Hill]] and at today's [[30th and Castro South\|30th Street]] and Castro.		The Gray Brothers gained some infamy in turn of the century San Francisco, for they also operated destructive, noisy, dirty quarries on [[Saving Telegraph Hill 1890-1918\| Telegraph Hill]] and at today's [[30th and Castro South\|30th Street]] and Castro.

	[[Image:~~Cushman~~-~~March~~-~~26,-1952-north-Diamond-from-20th-towards-Corona-Hts-P05903~~.jpg]]		[[Image:ecology1$brick-factory-1880s.jpg]]

	'''Corona Heights above Eureka Valley~~, seen here from Diamond and 20th Streets, March 26, 1952~~.'''		'''The Gray Brothers Quarry and brick factory on [[Corona Heights\|Corona Heights]] above bucolic Eureka Valley established in the 1890s. All this territory was once part of [[Rancho San Miguel Disappears\|Rancho San Miguel]].'''

	~~[http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/~~ ''~~Charles Cushman Collection~~: ~~Indiana University Archives (P05903)~~'']		''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA''

	[[Image:~~1965~~-~~diamond~~-st-~~view-north~~.jpg]]		[[Image:ecology1$corona-hts-quarry-1899.jpg]]

	'''~~Looking north on Diamond Street towards Julia Randall Museum on Corona Heights~~, ~~1965~~, ~~former quarry site~~.'''		'''By 1899, they had removed tons of rock and produced tens of thousands of bricks, creating the blasted landscape at left (seen from the hill between Eureka and Noe Valleys just west of Dolores Park). The Gray Brothers also quarried [[Telegraph Hill Quarry \|Telegraph Hill]] and [[30th and Castro South \|Billy Goat Hill]] above Noe Valley.'''

	[[Image:Corona-~~hts~~-from-~~20th~~-~~and~~-~~Diamond~~-~~July~~-26-~~2009 0739~~.jpg]]		''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA''

			[[Image:Corona-Heights-from-north-1926.jpg]]

			'''Corona Heights from the north, looking south, 1926.'''

			''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA''

			[[Image:ecology1$grey-bros-corona-heights-quarry$factory_itm$brick-factory-1900.jpg]]

			'''The Gray Brother's Brick Factory (on the right-hand slope of the hill, center) on Corona Heights as seen from Twin Peaks in 1900'''

			''Photo: Private collection, San Francisco, CA''

	~~'''Corona Heights above Eureka Valley, from 20th and Diamond Streets, July 26, 2009.'''~~

	~~''Photo: Chris Carlsson''~~

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	'''1880 View across upper Eureka Valley towards Mt. Olympus. Gray Brothers [[Corona Heights Quarry]] and Brick Factory on south slope of hill.'''		'''1880 View across upper Eureka Valley towards Mt. Olympus. Gray Brothers [[Corona Heights Quarry]] and Brick Factory on south slope of hill.'''

	''Photo: ~~Greg Gaar~~ Collection, San Francisco, CA''		''Photo: Private Collection, San Francisco, CA''

	The Gray Brothers gained some infamy in turn of the century San Francisco, for they also operated destructive, noisy, dirty quarries on [[Saving Telegraph Hill 1890-1918\| Telegraph Hill]] and at today's [[30th and Castro South\|30th Street]] and Castro.		The Gray Brothers gained some infamy in turn of the century San Francisco, for they also operated destructive, noisy, dirty quarries on [[Saving Telegraph Hill 1890-1918\| Telegraph Hill]] and at today's [[30th and Castro South\|30th Street]] and Castro.

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	'''Looking north on Diamond Street towards Julia Randall Museum on Corona Heights, 1965, former quarry site.'''		'''Looking north on Diamond Street towards Julia Randall Museum on Corona Heights, 1965, former quarry site.'''

			[[Image:Corona-hts-from-20th-and-Diamond-July-26-2009 0739.jpg]]

			'''Corona Heights above Eureka Valley, from 20th and Diamond Streets, July 26, 2009.'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''


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

	The Gray Brothers gained some infamy in turn of the century San Francisco, for they also operated destructive, noisy, dirty quarries on [[Saving Telegraph Hill 1890-1918]] and at today's [[30th and Castro South]] and Castro.		The Gray Brothers gained some infamy in turn of the century San Francisco, for they also operated destructive, noisy, dirty quarries on [[Saving Telegraph Hill 1890-1918\| Telegraph Hill]] and at today's [[30th and Castro South\|30th Street]] and Castro.

	[[Image:Cushman-March-26,-1952-north-Diamond-from-20th-towards-Corona-Hts-P05903.jpg]]		[[Image:Cushman-March-26,-1952-north-Diamond-from-20th-towards-Corona-Hts-P05903.jpg]]

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	'''1880 View across upper Eureka Valley towards Mt. Olympus. Gray Brothers [[Corona Heights Quarry]] and Brick Factory on south slope of hill.''' ''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA''		'''1880 View across upper Eureka Valley towards Mt. Olympus. Gray Brothers [[Corona Heights Quarry]] and Brick Factory on south slope of hill.'''

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

	The Gray Brothers gained some infamy in turn of the century San Francisco, for they also operated destructive, noisy, dirty quarries on [[Saving Telegraph Hill 1890-1918]] and at today's [[30th and Castro South]] and Castro.		The Gray Brothers gained some infamy in turn of the century San Francisco, for they also operated destructive, noisy, dirty quarries on [[Saving Telegraph Hill 1890-1918]] and at today's [[30th and Castro South]] and Castro.
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	[[Image:1965-diamond-st-view-north.jpg]]		[[Image:1965-diamond-st-view-north.jpg]]

	'''~~1965 photo looking~~ north on Diamond Street towards Julia Randall Museum on Corona Heights, former quarry site.'''		'''Looking north on Diamond Street towards Julia Randall Museum on Corona Heights, 1965, former quarry site.'''

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