Twin Peaks Reservoir Improvements – San Francisco CA

City:
San Francisco, CA

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Water Supply

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

Description

The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted heavy renovation and repair work at San Francisco’s Twin Peaks Reservoir during the Great Depression.

Repaired reservoir leaks and water proofed. Cut new expansion joints, painted and thoroughly renovated old reservoir.–Healy, p. 65.

Source notes

Healy, Clyde E. San Francisco Improved: Report of Clyde E. Healy, Assistant City Engineer - City of San Francisco and Coordinator of W.P.A. Projects, Period October 10, 1935 to August 31, 1939. San Francisco : [s.n.]., 1939.

Location Info


Aquavista Way
San Francisco, CA 94131
San Francisco County

Location notes: Between Aquavista Way and Twin Peaks Blvd.

Coordinates: 37.7562, -122.4485

Site Details

Total Cost
$40,082.00

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