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'''A large monument of Father Junipero Serra looms over the I-280 Freeway and the Crystal Springs reservoir, artificial lagoons holding San Francisco's drinking water right over the San Andreas Fault.''' | '''A large monument of Father Junipero Serra looms over the I-280 Freeway and the Crystal Springs reservoir, artificial lagoons holding San Francisco's drinking water right over the San Andreas Fault.''' | ||
[[Image:outofsf$las-pulgas-water-temple.jpg]] | [[Image:outofsf$las-pulgas-water-temple.jpg]] | ||
Revision as of 22:56, 16 March 2008
A large monument of Father Junipero Serra looms over the I-280 Freeway and the Crystal Springs reservoir, artificial lagoons holding San Francisco's drinking water right over the San Andreas Fault.
File:Outofsf$las-pulgas-water-temple.jpg
San Francisco Water Department's Pulgas Waterworks
This stone temple has a twin in the East Bay near Sunol; both are dedicated to the completion of San Francisco's publicly owned water system which brings fresh water from Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite 280-odd miles to the city.
photo by Chris Carlsson