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Exploded gas tanks, U.S. Mint, Emporium and Spreckels Bld'g

1906 1 min Documentary ActualitiesSilent films

The camera, placed on the east side of 4th Street near Natoma Street, one and two-thirds blocks south of Market Street, pans a full 240 degrees, from southwest to southeast. The pan begins in the southwest, viewing two 550,000 cubic foot, 45' diameter frames of gas tanks of the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company at 5th and Folsom streets. The dome of the ruined City Hall is seen in the background at left…

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