Manhole Covers of San Francisco, California

Created 3 May 2007

This page was last updated on 3 May 2007
All photos copyrighted by David L. Magney 2006-2007

This is a study of manhole covers from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California.




Manhole Covers of San Francisco, San Francisco County, California

San Francisco is a large but compact urban city on the tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco County, at an average elevation of around 300 feet above sea level.   San Francisco was a port city, named early on in the 1500s by Spanish explorers to the Bay Area.   San Francisco was incorporated in 19__.   San Francisco currently has a population of about 32,837 people (2000).   San Francisco citizens are composed of 81.8% Caucasians, 8.4% Hispanics, and 9.4% Asian, and 1.5% Black.   The median household income for San Francisco residents is $67,489 and the per capita income is $33,076.   San Francisco is home to a campus of San Francisco University, University of California, San Francisco, California State University San Francisco, and ________.   About 42.5% of San Francisco residents have earned a bachelor's degree or higher, well over the national average.

Beacon Hill is the prominant topographic feature of the San Francisco Peninsula.   San Francisco is severed by the _____ Water District, which received most of its water from the Sierra Nevada, such as from the Hetch Hetchy Reservior, via the ____ Canal.

San Francisco, other than the home to Native Americans prior to the arrival of the Spaniards, was first settled as a Spanish Presidio, or military installation.   It was also settled by Spaniards and Mexicans with the establishment of the Franciscan mission.   San Francisco became an important port for emigrants and trade during the California Gold Rush beginning in 1949.

Four highways pass through or terminate in San Francisco, Interstate 80, Interstate 280, U.S. Highway 101, and State Route 1.   Only about 16% of employed residents of San Francisco work there.   Additional information about San Francisco can be found at San Francisco Info and at the Official San Francisco site.



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