Lurline Pier
(1894-1967)
(Also referred to as the
"Olympic Pier")
| The Lurline Pier was
located on Ocean Beach between Balboa and Anza streets. It was sometimes
called the "Olympic Club Pier" because an intake pipe for pumping
saltwater to the old Lurline Baths and Olympic Club pools downtown, hence
the two names. The pier lasted until the 1960s and formed the southern
boundary of the stretch of beach that surfers still call "Kelly's Cove". Lurline Pier protected the intake pipe for the downtown Lurline Baths (Larkin and Bush streets, 1894-1936) |
(WNPCHP)
close-up
Postmarked Feb 23 1917
(reverse)
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children at play...
sitting on the water filter...
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"Worden, SF"
Image courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke
Possibly taken from the Lurline Pier
(ebay image - 7/19/2017)
Glass Negative of Ocean Beach, March 1917
(this close-up only shows part of the image - click for full image)
ebay image, dated 1959
San Francisco Chronicle - Nov 5 1892
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Adolph Sutro initially opposed the pump station, but later approves |
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The San Francisco Examiner - Jan 30 1893
The San Francisco Examiner - Feb 10 1893
The San Francisco Examiner - May 9 1893
 The San Francisco Examiner - Oct 13 1893 |
 The San Francisco Call - Oct 13 1893 |
The San Francisco Call - Apr 18 1894
San Francisco Call - 5 July 1895 (full
page)
The San Francisco Examiner - Feb 27 1899
The San Francisco Call - Apr 15 1899
The San Francisco Examiner - Sep 18 1899
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SF Call - Feb 20 1910
Close-up from this Ocean Beach
image
"Lurline Baths, San
Francisco California"
Lurline Baths
image source:
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/
Library of Congress, Edison film showing Lurline Baths:
https://www.loc.gov/item/00694240/