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'''Before the Navy, Hunters Point was home to a Chinese shrimping village.''' | |||
''Photos: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA'' | ''Photos: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA'' | ||
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'''In 1938 the Fire Department burned the remaining structures to make way for the Navy.''' | |||
''Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA'' | |||
In 1941, the 250-foot tall Avisadero Point at the very eastern end of the Point was dynamited and turned into landfill. | |||
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File:Bayvwhp$shrimp-buyer-on-dock.jpg
Before the Navy, Hunters Point was home to a Chinese shrimping village.
Photos: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA
In 1938 the Fire Department burned the remaining structures to make way for the Navy.
Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA
In 1941, the 250-foot tall Avisadero Point at the very eastern end of the Point was dynamited and turned into landfill.