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Images of Irish hill in the 1890s and as it appears today, but a remnant of its former self in the midst of an industtrial area.
Images of Irish hill in the 1890s and as it appears today, but a remnant of its former self in the midst of an industtrial area.


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Irish Hill''' c. 1890'''
Irish Hill''' c. 1890'''
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'''Same 1890 image in a fuller panorama.'''


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[[Image:Pothill%24irish-hill-1890-and-1995%24irishhill1995_itm%24irish-hi1.jpg]]

Revision as of 17:30, 2 November 2008

Carving-east-side-of-pothill-for-rr-tracks.jpg

Carving the east side of Potrero Hill for a railroad line, c. 1870s

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library

File:Pothill$union-iron-shipyards-1995.jpg

1995 view from 19th St. and Pennsylvania of shipyards and Hwy 280 where Irish Hill used to be. . .

Images of Irish hill in the 1890s and as it appears today, but a remnant of its former self in the midst of an industtrial area.

Irish-hill-1890s.jpg

Irish Hill c. 1890

Irish-hill-panorama.jpg

Same 1890 image in a fuller panorama.

Pothill$irish-hill-1890-and-1995$irishhill1995 itm$irish-hi1.jpg This is what's left of Irish Hill today, near 20th and Illinois.

photos courtesy San Francisco Maritime Museum and Chris Carlsson

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