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Unfinished History

San Francisco Water Department's Sunol Water Temple.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

This stone temple has a twin on the peninsula called Pulgas; both are dedicated to the completion of San Francisco's publicly owned water system which brings fresh water from Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite 280-odd miles to the city and its suburbs.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Sunol Water Temple, straddling the Hetch Hetchy system and Alameda Creek, one of the original waterways owned by the private Spring Valley Water Company before municipalization. Spring Valley Water Company built this temple in 1910, as seen in the inscription on the next image.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

After a restoration project in 2000, the ceiling of the temple is once again graced with its original paintings.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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+'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''
-'''A large monument of Father Junipero Serra looms over the I-280 Freeway and the Crystal Springs reservoir, artificial lagoons holding San Francisco's drinking water right over the San Andreas Fault.'''
+[[Image:Sunol-water-temple-close7272.jpg]]
-''''''
+'''San Francisco Water Department's Sunol Water Temple. '''
-== Photograph of the Pulgas Waterworks statue commemorating the completion of the water system that brings water to the City from Hetch Hetchy. Photograph of the Crystal Springs reservoir, built over the San Andreas Fault. ==
+''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
-[[Image:outofsf$las-pulgas-water-temple.jpg]]
+This stone temple has a twin on the peninsula called Pulgas; both are dedicated to the completion of San Francisco's [[The Hetch Hetchy Story, Part I: John Muir, Preservationists vs. Conservationists|publicly owned water system]] which brings fresh water from Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite 280-odd miles to the city and [[Who Pays for Public Water? S.F. vs. Suburbs|its suburbs]].
-'''San Francisco Water Department's Pulgas Waterworks '''
+[[Image:Sunol-water-temple-at-end-of-road7267.jpg]]
-This stone temple has a twin in the East Bay near Sunol; both are dedicated to the completion of San Francisco's publicly owned water system which brings fresh water from Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite 280-odd miles to the city.
+''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
-Contributors to this page include:
+'''Sunol Water Temple, straddling the Hetch Hetchy system and Alameda Creek, one of the original waterways owned by the private [[Spring Valley Water Company|Spring Valley Water Company]] before municipalization. Spring Valley Water Company built this temple in 1910, as seen in the inscription on the next image.'''
-''Carlsson,Chris - Photographer-Artist ''
+[[Image:Sunol-water-pouring7285.jpg]]
-Carlsson,Chris - Photographer-Artist
+''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
-[[Mills Field |Prev. Document]]  [[TI 1938 |Next Document]]
+[[Image:Sunol-water-temple-plaque7288.jpg]]
+''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
+[[Image:Sunol-water-temple-wooden-ceiling7284.jpg]]
+'''After a restoration project in 2000, the ceiling of the temple is once again graced with its original paintings.'''
+''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
+[[Mills Field |Prev. Document]]  [[TI 1938 |Next Document]]
+[[category:San Francisco outside the city]] [[category:1910s]] [[category:2000s]] [[category:water]] [[category:South Bay and Peninsula]]