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'''The Gray Brothers Quarry and brick factory on Corona Heights above bucolic Eureka Valley established in the 1890s. ''' ''Photo: Greg Gaar collection, San Francisco, CA'' | '''The Gray Brothers Quarry and brick factory on Corona Heights above bucolic Eureka Valley established in the 1890s. ''' | ||
''Photo: Greg Gaar collection, San Francisco, CA'' | |||
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'''By 1899, they had removed tons of rock and produced tens of thousands of bricks, creating the blasted landscape at left (seen from the hill between Eureka and Noe Valleys just west of Dolores Park). The Gray Brothers also quarried [[Telegraph Hill Quarry |Telegraph Hill]] and [[30th and Castro South |Billy Goat Hill]] above Noe Valley.''' ''Photo: Greg Gaar collection, San Francisco, CA'' | '''By 1899, they had removed tons of rock and produced tens of thousands of bricks, creating the blasted landscape at left (seen from the hill between Eureka and Noe Valleys just west of Dolores Park). The Gray Brothers also quarried [[Telegraph Hill Quarry |Telegraph Hill]] and [[30th and Castro South |Billy Goat Hill]] above Noe Valley.''' | ||
''Photo: Greg Gaar collection, San Francisco, CA'' | |||
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'''The Gray Brother's Brick Factory (on the right-hand slope of the hill, center) on Corona Heights as seen from Twin Peaks in 1900''' | |||
''Photo: Greg Gaar collection, San Francisco, CA'' | |||
[[Castro1$corona-heights-quarry$1965-view itm.html | 1965 view towards quarry site]] | [[Castro1$corona-heights-quarry$1965-view itm.html | 1965 view towards quarry site]] | ||
Revision as of 21:48, 14 October 2008
The Gray Brothers Quarry and brick factory on Corona Heights above bucolic Eureka Valley established in the 1890s.
Photo: Greg Gaar collection, San Francisco, CA
By 1899, they had removed tons of rock and produced tens of thousands of bricks, creating the blasted landscape at left (seen from the hill between Eureka and Noe Valleys just west of Dolores Park). The Gray Brothers also quarried Telegraph Hill and Billy Goat Hill above Noe Valley.
Photo: Greg Gaar collection, San Francisco, CA
The Gray Brother's Brick Factory (on the right-hand slope of the hill, center) on Corona Heights as seen from Twin Peaks in 1900
Photo: Greg Gaar collection, San Francisco, CA