Fort Scott Landscaping – San Francisco CA

City:
San Francisco, CA

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Military and Public Safety, Landscaping and Tree Planting

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

Landscaping and removing fire hazards on 403 acre military reserve adjacent to Fort Scott, San Francisco. Tree trimming and clearing under brush, constructing fire breaks, removing fallen logs and debris, thereby removing a serious fire hazard. And planting ice plant to stop wind erosion of sand dunes.–Mooser, p. 89.

Source notes

United States. Work Projects Administration (Calif.) Report on Progress of the Works Program in San Francisco. January, 1938. Works Progress Administration / William Mooser, Jr., branch manager. [San Francisco? 1938]

Location Info


Fort Scott
San Francisco, CA San Francisco County

Location notes:
Fort Scott is located at the Western end of the San Francisco Presidio.

Coordinates: 37.801596, -122.47358

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