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The original Strawberry Lake Boathouse was built in 1893 in preparation for the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894 held in Golden Gate Park. The original rustic style boathouse was designed by Arthur Page Brown, an American architect who is best known for his design of the San Francisco Ferry Building.
The Ghost Detectives' Guide to Haunted San Francisco. Linden Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61035-007-5. Champion, Jr., Jerry Lewis (26 April 2012). Alcatraz Unchained. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4685-8753-1. Vercillo, Kathryn (15 July 2007). Ghosts of San Francisco. Schiffer Pub Limited. ISBN 978-0-7643-2765-0
5. Curran Theatre, Union Square. In 1933, electrician-turned-bandit Eddie Anderson decided to pull a stunt to score his girlfriend tickets to a hit performance of ‘Show Boat’.
William W. Stow (September 13, 1824 – February 20, 1895) was an American politician and member the California State Assembly from the 3rd district between 1854 and 1857; he was Speaker in 1855. Blue Heron Lake in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco was formerly named Stow Lake after him.
Blue Heron Lake, the largest of the manmade lakes in Golden Gate Park, offers boat rentals. Blue Heron Lake, formerly known as Stow Lake, surrounds the prominent Strawberry Hill, now an island with an electrically pumped waterfall. The lake was originally named for William W. Stow, a known anti-Semite, [78] who gave $60,000 for its construction ...
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Spreckels Lake is an artificial, clay-lined, reservoir holding around 7.8 million gallons (23.94 acre feet/29,530,000 liters) of non-potable (not-drinkable) well-water [3] [not specific enough to verify] behind an earthen dam that forms its western edge, walkway, and the 36th Avenue roadbed, which crosses the top of the dam after entering Golden Gate Park at Fulton Street.
Stow Lake ; Sunset Reservoir ; Sutro Reservoir ; Twin Peaks Reservoir (1657308, 1663357) San Mateo County ... San Francisco Bay Area portal; California portal;