This marker is one of a series intended to commemorate the 150 years of the Port of San Francisco. It is composed of a captioned photograph and text entitled Did you know... mounted on a cylindrical metal pylon.
The Ferry Building officially opened in 1898, but was not completed until 1903, just three years before the Great San Francisco Earthquake. At 245 feet, the clock tower was the tallest San Francisco structure on its time, causing worry about its stability. The steel-framed tower survived the 1906 earthquake, but the clock stopped at 5:12 a.m., when the quake hit. The clock hands remained at this time for almost a year.
Did you know...
"The Waterfront without the Ferry Tower would be like a birthday cake without a candle." penned Herb Caen, celebrated columnist of the San Francisco Chronicle. In his honor, the three-mile stretch of the The Embarcadero Promenade from Taylor Street to AT&T Park is named Herb Caen Way at Baghdad by the Bay, as he dubbed San Francisco.
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