Pumping Station No. 2 San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System Explained

Pumping Station No. 2 San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System
Coordinates:37.8081°N -122.4269°W
Built:1912
Engineer:Marsden Manson
Builder:Caldwell & Co.
Architecture:Mission/spanish Revival
Added:May 13, 1976
Refnum:76000177

The Pumping Station No. 2 of the San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System was built in 1912. It is located near Fort Mason, at the northern end of Van Ness Avenue and close to the shore of the San Francisco Bay. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The listing included a contributing building and three contributing structures.It is a crucial component of the San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System, which provided a water-supply system separate from the domestic water supply system.

It was designed by City Engineer Marsden Manson and was built by contractor Caldwell & Co.

The building is in Mission Revival style, and has large windows (about 12feet wide and about 20feet from sill to top of arch).[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=76000177}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pumping Station No. 2 San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System ]. National Park Service. Gordon Chappell . April 10, 1975 . October 5, 2018. With