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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''


'''Fort Funston near Thornton Beach, just south of San Francisco's city limits.'''
[[Image:sfsuingl$ft-funston-aerial-1940.jpg|720px]]
 
'''Fort[[A Defense of General Funston | Funston]] with [[Lake Merced Wild Garden|Lake Merced]] on its east and the Pacific Ocean to its west on July 1, 1940.'''
 
''Photo: National Park Service ''
 
[[Image:View-east-from-Ft-Funston-towards-Lake-Merced 2879.jpg]]
 
'''View east from Fort Funston towards [[Lake Merced a 'shipwreck'|Lake Merced]], 2014.'''


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


[[Image:sfsuingl$ft-funston-aerial-1940.jpg]]
[[Image:Ft-Funston-Battery-Davis 2881.jpg]]


'''Fort[[A Defense of General Funston | Funston]] with [[Lake Merced Wild Garden|Lake Merced]] on its east and the Pacific Ocean to its west on July 1, 1940.'''
'''Fort Funston's Battery Davis from east side, 2014. This is typical of the WWII-era gun emplacements that dot the coastal areas around San Francisco and are now mostly part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.'''
 
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
 
[[Image:Ft-Funston-Battery-Davis-west-side 2883.jpg]]
 
'''Fort Funston's Battery Davis from west side, 2014, once home to major artillery directed at repelling a Japanese invasion force during WWII that never materialized.'''
 
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''


''Photo: National Park Service ''
[[Image:Ft-Funston-view-south-to-Mussel-Rock 2895.jpg]]


[[Image:sfsuingl$ft-funston-aerial-1980s.jpg]]
'''View south along Pacific Coast from Fort Funston. Rocks leaving coast in distance are Mussel Rock, the point where the San Andrea Fault enters the Pacific Ocean.'''


[[Image:Ft-funston-developing-the-coast-w-trains-signage6038.jpg]]
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''


'''National Park Service signage describing how the coastal railroad helped to develop the coast, sending a railroad through this vista point back in the late 19th century.'''
[[Image:Hang-glider-off-Ft-Funston-with-cliffs 2889.jpg]]


'''Fort Funston in the 1980s.'''
'''Fort Funston is now best known as a premiere hang-gliding spot in the Bay Area.'''


''Photo: National Park Service ''
''Photo: Chris Carlsson''


[[Image:Ft-Funston-Thornton-Beach6039.jpg]]
[[Image:Hang-glider 2885.jpg]]


'''Fort Funston near Thornton Beach, view southward'''
'''Hang glider floats past Battery Davis at Fort Funston, 2014.'''


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


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[[Image:sfsuingl$ft-funston-aerial-1980s.jpg]]
 
'''Fort Funston in the 1980s.'''
 
''Photo: National Park Service ''
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Latest revision as of 23:11, 30 December 2021

Unfinished History

Sfsuingl$ft-funston-aerial-1940.jpg

Fort Funston with Lake Merced on its east and the Pacific Ocean to its west on July 1, 1940.

Photo: National Park Service

View-east-from-Ft-Funston-towards-Lake-Merced 2879.jpg

View east from Fort Funston towards Lake Merced, 2014.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Ft-Funston-Battery-Davis 2881.jpg

Fort Funston's Battery Davis from east side, 2014. This is typical of the WWII-era gun emplacements that dot the coastal areas around San Francisco and are now mostly part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Ft-Funston-Battery-Davis-west-side 2883.jpg

Fort Funston's Battery Davis from west side, 2014, once home to major artillery directed at repelling a Japanese invasion force during WWII that never materialized.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Ft-Funston-view-south-to-Mussel-Rock 2895.jpg

View south along Pacific Coast from Fort Funston. Rocks leaving coast in distance are Mussel Rock, the point where the San Andrea Fault enters the Pacific Ocean.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Hang-glider-off-Ft-Funston-with-cliffs 2889.jpg

Fort Funston is now best known as a premiere hang-gliding spot in the Bay Area.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Hang-glider 2885.jpg

Hang glider floats past Battery Davis at Fort Funston, 2014.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Sfsuingl$ft-funston-aerial-1980s.jpg

Fort Funston in the 1980s.

Photo: National Park Service


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