Woodside in San Mateo County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
A Monument to Water
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, February 15, 2016
1. A Monument to Water Marker
Captions: (left) Notice anything odd about this photo? This photograph features a temporary 'temple' built for the media. When pristine Hetch Hetchy water finally reached the Peninsula, everyone wanted to celebrate the moment of its arrival. Therefore San Francisco erected a temporary stucture that remained in place until the completion of the current temple in 1938.; (center) The Plugas Water Temple was designed in the Beaux Arts style by William Merchant, a San Francisco architect trained by Bernard Maybeck. Merchant's design features fluted columns and Corinthian capitals that reflect the historical influence of Roman engineering on the Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System.; (right) This temple is a monument to the Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System and the reliable, high-quality water it carries.
Erected by Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical date for this entry is October 28, 1934.
Location. 37° 29.012′ N, 122° 19.021′ W. Marker is in Woodside, California, in San Mateo County. Marker can be reached from Cañada Road near Edgewood Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 80 Cañada Road, Redwood City CA 94062, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Filoli (approx. one mile away); Ralph D. Percival Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Navy R4D (C-47) Crash (approx. 1.9 miles away); Len Turner (approx. 1.9 miles away); Town of West Union (approx. 2 miles away); Gaspar de Portolá Expedition Campsite (approx. 2 miles away); City of San Carlos Veterans Memorial (approx. 2½ miles away); Built in 1924 (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Woodside.
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Also see . . . Hetch Hetchy - Wikipedia. In 1906, after a major earthquake and subsequent fire that devastated San Francisco, the inadequacy of the city's water system was made tragically clear. San Francisco applied to the United States Department of the Interior to gain water rights to Hetch Hetchy...In 1923, the O'Shaughnessy Dam was completed on the Tuolumne River, flooding the entire valley under the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir.] The dam and reservoir are the centerpiece of the Hetch Hetchy Project, which in 1934 began to deliver water 167 miles (269 km) west to San Francisco and its client municipalities in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. (Submitted on February 20, 2016, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.)
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, February 15, 2016
2. A Monument to Water Marker
The Plugas Water Temple is in the background.
Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, February 15, 2016
3. Plugas Water Temple
Photographed By Wikipedia, circa early 1900
4. Hetch Hetchy Valley before the Tuolumne River was dammed.
Photographed By Wikipedia
5. Modern photograph of Hetch Hetchy Valley
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 20, 2016, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 402 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on February 20, 2016, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
