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Theodore Roosevelt riding through the Wawona Tree, 1903. In September 1880, the company transported President Rutherford B. Hayes during his visit to Yosemite Valley. [13] In 1903, Edward and John Washburn hosted Theodore Roosevelt at the Wawona Hotel and transported him to the Mariposa Grove, including a ride through the iconic Wawona Tunnel ...
When it opened in 1933, the Wawona Tunnel was the longest automobile tunnel in the world and remains the longest highway tunnel in California at 4,233 feet (1,290 m) long. [ 2 ] [ 8 ] The Tom Lantos Tunnels in Pacifica, California are 4,149 feet (1,265 m) .8 Miles long; the Caldecott Tunnel in Oakland, California is 3,771 feet (1,149 m) long.
Wawona Tunnel [a] Extant 1932 1991 SR 41 (Wawona Road) Turtleback Dome: Yosemite Village: Mariposa: CA-130-E: Santa Ana River Hydroelectric System, Flume and Tunnel below Fish Screen 1898 1991 Redlands: San Bernardino: CA-130-G
Fort Mason Tunnel, former rail tunnel beneath Fort Mason, San Francisco; Point Richmond Tunnel, carrying BNSF freight parallel to the road tunnel in Point Richmond; Summit Tunnel (Tunnel No. 6), abandoned rail tunnel, Central Pacific Railroad, one of a number through the Donner Pass area of the Sierra Nevada [4]
Wells Fargo Office in Pioneer Yosemite History Center. The Pioneer Yosemite History Center is an assembled collection of historic buildings from Yosemite National Park that is located in Wawona, California. [1] [2] Visitors can walk around the buildings year round, and the interiors are open in the summer on a limited basis. There are also ...
San Francisco Bay Area Local history, Arts Building tours by appointment, group working to establish new museum [8] 1997 San Francisco Museum at the Mint: San Francisco San Francisco San Francisco Bay Area Local history Planned museum in the Old Mint to be operated by the San Francisco Museum and Historical Society. Wax Museum at Fisherman's Wharf
The line begins at Wawona and 46th Avenue station (near the San Francisco Zoo), which is on a one-way loop on Vicente Street, 47th Avenue, Wawona Street, and 46th Avenue. It runs north on 46th Avenue to Taraval Street, then runs east on Taraval Street to 15th Avenue.
Wawona and 46th Avenue station (also known as SF Zoo) is a light rail stop on the Muni Metro L Taraval line, located in the Parkside neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The stop opened as the terminus of an extension of the line to the San Francisco Zoo on September 15, 1937.