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'''China Clipper at Treasure island in 1939. ''' | '''China Clipper at Treasure island in 1939. ''' | ||
San Francisco has had designs on a number of locations for its airport. The China Clipper was based on newly built Treasure Island in 1939. Originally Treasure Island was thought to be an ideal spot for the airport, but the Navy took it over. Earlier a military airfield occupied [[Crissy Field Tidal Marsh Crissy Field]] on the northern shore near the Golden Gate. Plans were even floated in the 1920s to build an airfield in India Basin over the Islais Creek marshes. Finally, the city of San Francisco purchased the [[Mills Field tidelands]] at the eastern edge of the D.O. Mills estate (which was eventually subdivided and became the town of Millbrae), and there open the airport in the early 1930s, today's site of SFO International Airport. | San Francisco has had designs on a number of locations for its airport. The China Clipper was based on newly built Treasure Island in 1939. Originally Treasure Island was thought to be an ideal spot for the airport, but the Navy took it over. Earlier a military airfield occupied [[Crissy Field Tidal Marsh |Crissy Field]] on the northern shore near the Golden Gate. Plans were even floated in the 1920s to build an airfield in India Basin over the Islais Creek marshes. Finally, the city of San Francisco purchased the [[Mills Field |tidelands]] at the eastern edge of the D.O. Mills estate (which was eventually subdivided and became the town of Millbrae), and there open the airport in the early 1930s, today's site of SFO International Airport. | ||
--Chris Carlsson | |||
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'''SF International Airport in the mid-1990s.''' | '''SF International Airport in the mid-1990s.''' | ||
photo of today's airport by Chris Carlsson | |||
historic photo courtesy Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA | |||
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Revision as of 16:14, 19 December 2007
China Clipper at Treasure island in 1939.
San Francisco has had designs on a number of locations for its airport. The China Clipper was based on newly built Treasure Island in 1939. Originally Treasure Island was thought to be an ideal spot for the airport, but the Navy took it over. Earlier a military airfield occupied Crissy Field on the northern shore near the Golden Gate. Plans were even floated in the 1920s to build an airfield in India Basin over the Islais Creek marshes. Finally, the city of San Francisco purchased the tidelands at the eastern edge of the D.O. Mills estate (which was eventually subdivided and became the town of Millbrae), and there open the airport in the early 1930s, today's site of SFO International Airport.
--Chris Carlsson
File:Outofsf$sf-international-airport.jpg
SF International Airport in the mid-1990s.
photo of today's airport by Chris Carlsson
historic photo courtesy Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA