Twisted steel in the ruins of the Cowell Building at the corner of Sansome and Washington Streets. This wrech [sic] shows clearly how intense was the heat and how the steel frame "fire proof" buildings were completely wrecked.

Courtesy of UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

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Title:

Twisted steel in the ruins of the Cowell Building at the corner of Sansome and Washington Streets. This wrech [sic] shows clearly how intense was the heat and how the steel frame "fire proof" buildings were completely wrecked.

Creator/Contributor:

Davis, Herman

Date:

[1906]

Contributing Institution:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library