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Unfinished History

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 Fort Funston towards Lake Merced, 2014.

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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

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

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

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

Photo: Chris Carlsson

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

Photo: Chris Carlsson

Fort Funston in the 1980s.

Photo: National Park Service

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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$ft-funston-aerial-1940.jpg|720px]]
+'''Fort[[A Defense of General Funston | Funston]] with [[Lake Merced Wild Garden|Lake Merced]] on its east and the Pacific Ocean to its west on July 1, 1940.'''
+''Photo: National Park Service ''
+[[Image:View-east-from-Ft-Funston-towards-Lake-Merced 2879.jpg]]
+'''View east from Fort Funston towards [[Lake Merced a 'shipwreck'|Lake Merced]], 2014.'''
 ''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
-[[Image:sfsuingl$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$ft-funston-aerial-1980s.jpg]]
+'''View south along Pacific Coast from Fort Funston. Rocks leaving coast in distance are Mussel Rock, the point where the San Andrea Fault enters the Pacific Ocean.'''
-[[Image:Ft-funston-developing-the-coast-w-trains-signage6038.jpg]]
+''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
-'''National Park Service signage describing how the coastal railroad helped to develop the coast, sending a railroad through this vista point back in the late 19th century.'''
+[[Image:Hang-glider-off-Ft-Funston-with-cliffs 2889.jpg]]
-'''Fort Funston in the 1980s.'''
+'''Fort Funston is now best known as a premiere hang-gliding spot in the Bay Area.'''
-''Photo: National Park Service ''
+''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
-[[Image:Ft-Funston-Thornton-Beach6039.jpg]]
+[[Image:Hang-glider 2885.jpg]]
-'''Fort Funston near Thornton Beach, view southward'''
+'''Hang glider floats past Battery Davis at Fort Funston, 2014.'''
 ''Photo: Chris Carlsson''
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+[[Image:sfsuingl$ft-funston-aerial-1980s.jpg]]
+'''Fort Funston in the 1980s.'''
+''Photo: National Park Service ''
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