Portals of the Past - San Francisco, California
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hotshoe
N 37° 46.244 W 122° 28.907
10S E 545639 N 4180504
Plaque describes this improbable doorway by the edge of Lloyd Lake in Golden Gate Park
Waymark Code: WM6222
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 03/19/2009
Views: 7
The plaque is placed on the floor just "inside" the doorway. It reads:
"Portal of residence, California and
Taylor Streets, of A.N. Towne, for
many years vice president and
general manager of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company.
This relic of the conflagration of
April 18, 1906, was obtained through
the kindness of Mrs. A.N. Towne."
The conflagration was the fire which overran the city of San Francisco after the great earthquake of the San Andreas Fault that morning, at 5:15AM.
The city fathers stressed the damage having resulted from the fire (rather than the earthquake itself) because of the psychology that earthquakes were not preventable, but that fires could be fought with better supplies and management.
Group that erected the marker: not known
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Lloyd Lake, Kennedy Drive, Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA USA
94118
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