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Long Wharf

     
California State Historical Marker, San Francisco County
 
 
Intersection of Leidesdorff and Commercial Sts, San Francisco, CA, USA

Latitude & Longitude:
37.794365, -122.402208
 
 
      In the spring of 1848, the old Central or Long Wharf was built 'from the bank in the middle of the block between Sacramento and Clay Streets, where Leidesdorff Street now is, 800 feet into the Bay.' After 1850 it was extended 2,000 feet and the Pacific mail steamers and other large vessels anchored there. Central or Long Wharf is now Commercial Street.
 
Last updated: 11/11/2009 11:05:23





Long Wharf Historical Marker Location Map, San Francisco, California