Title:
View of San Antonio Creek (Lake Merritt Channel) below the 12th St. Dam looking north
toward Lake Merritt[picture].
Creator:
Rogers, Edward A. "Doc", 1873-1960.
Subject:
Wetlands - California - San Francisco Bay - Pictorial works.
Harbors - California -
Oakland - Pictorial works.
Submerged lands - California - Oakland - History - Pictorial
works.
Reclamation of land - California - Oakland - Pictorial works.
Description:
From the Joseph R. Knowland collection at the Oakland History Room, Oakland Public
Library. The photograph depicts construction equipment in use making land along San Antonio
Creek below the 12th Street Dam for the creation of Peralta Park and construction of the
Oakland Auditorium. The reinforced concrete gates in current use to regulate tidal flow
through the 12th St. Dam are visible in the distance to the north. Number in collection : 298.
Publisher:
Oakland Public Library
Date:
1908?
Type:
image
Format:
1 photograph : negative. b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Identifier:
copl_061
Knowland Neg. 298
Coverage:
Oakland (Calif.) - Harbor - Pictorial works. ; Clinton (Calif.) - Pictorial works. ;
Lake Merritt (Oakland, Calif.) - Pictorial works. ; Peralta Park (Oakland, Calif.) - History -
Pictorial works. ; Lake Merritt Channel (Oakland, Calif.) - Pictorial works. ; 12th Street Dam
(Oakland, Calif.) - Pictorial works.
Rights:
public domain
Material is in the public domain. No restrictions on use.