1915 Map of San Francisco

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The Panama-Pacific International Exposition and The Zone dominate the northern waterfront of San Francisco in this 1915 revision, capturing the city at its height of world-class celebration. Across the Golden Gate, the heavily fortified coastline includes Fort Baker and the Presidio military reservation, while Alcatraz I sits isolated in the bay. The East Bay shows a complex industrial and transit landscape, where the Key Route Pier and the Southern Pacific Mole stretch deep into San Francisco Bay to facilitate the era's heavy ferry and rail traffic between Oakland, Berkeley, and the city. To the north, the shoreline at Winehaven and the growing grid of Richmond reflect the rapid industrialization of the era, while the eastern ridges like Pinole Ridge remain largely rural, marked only by landmarks such as the Sheldon School.