Pumping Station
Named in the records1857–2006
740 records of San Francisco tie this place, 1857–2006: 296 decisions of the Board of Supervisors and 444 facts read from city reports. Open the full list, with filters for years, kind and outcome.
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- 1857–2006
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The 60 most telling of its 740 records, in date order: the ones an editor picked first, then the highest scored. The one-line summaries were written by a language model from the printed page; open the page to check the wording.
| When | What the record says | Outcome | Source |
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| 1907-08-27 | Passed ordinance transferring a Commercial Street lot from the Fire Department to Public Works for a sewage pumping station. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1908-03-02 | Payment of $1821 (≈ $68,174 in 2026 dollars) to J. A. Dowling to build a sewage pumping station on Commercial Street near Drumm Street approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1909 | Offer by Augusta Osmont and others to sell Sacramento Street land for $7000 (≈ $262,064 in 2026 dollars) for a sewer pumping station was accepted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1909-03-08 | The City accepted Katharine K. Forbes's $85,000 (≈ $3.2 million in 2026 dollars) offer for land at Second and Townsend streets for a pumping station. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1909-03-08 | Katharine K. Forbes was approved for $85,000 (≈ $3.2 million in 2026 dollars) for land at Second and Townsend streets for a pumping station. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1909-06-21 | City Attorney authorized to seek offers for the reversionary title to land on Sacramento street for a Yerba Buena pumping station. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1909-11-15 | Ordinance adopted ordering construction of Pumping Station No. 1 for the auxiliary fire-protection water system, estimated at $400,000 (≈ $15.0 million in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1909-11-26 | Ordinance for a $400,000 (≈ $15.0 million in 2026 dollars) fire-protection pumping station building was finally passed by 17 supervisors. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1909-11-26 | Payment of $7,000 (≈ $262,064 in 2026 dollars) to the Osmont heirs for Sacramento Street land for a sewer pumping station was approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1910-03-01 | Ordinance proposed to build pumping station No. 1 for the auxiliary fire water system, adding $15,000 (≈ $541,513 in 2026 dollars) in cost. | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1910-03-09 | Board ordered construction of pumping station No. 1 for the Auxiliary Water Supply System, about $15,000 (≈ $541,513 in 2026 dollars) extra, paid from fire bonds. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1910-04-11 | Board requests Congress permit the city to build and operate a pumping station on federal land at Fort Mason. | resolution | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1910-06-13 | Proposed $10,500 (≈ $379,059 in 2026 dollars) first installment to Healy-Tibbitts Construction Co. for Pumping Station No. 1 for fire protection. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1910-06-20 | Board approved a $10,500 (≈ $379,059 in 2026 dollars) first installment to Healy-Tibbitts Construction Co. for Pumping Station No. 1 of the fire water system. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1910-10-24 | Payments of $17,574.16 (≈ $634,442 in 2026 dollars) approved for Auxiliary Water System pumping station construction and pipe freight charges. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1910-10-31 | Payments totalling $52,285 (≈ $1.9 million in 2026 dollars) were approved to three contractors for gate valves, pumping station equipment and pipe laying for the fire water system. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1910-12-27 | Board finally approved $25,176.10 (≈ $908,878 in 2026 dollars) in payments for the auxiliary fire water supply system, including Pumping Station No. 1 construction. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1911 | Ordinance passed ordering construction of two intake tunnel sections for the Townsend Street Pumping Station, up to $41,000 (≈ $1.5 million in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1911 | Board approved $12,112.50 (≈ $437,271 in 2026 dollars) fourth installment to Chas. C. Moore & Co. for Pumping Station No. 1 on Townsend street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1911 | Healy-Tibbitts Construction Co. was granted sixty more days to finish the Auxiliary Water Supply pumping station at Second and Townsend streets. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1911 | Healy-Tibbitts Construction Company was granted 30 and 60 day extensions to finish Pumping Station No. 1 intake tunnel sections. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1911-02-06 | Payment of $7,018.50 (≈ $253,374 in 2026 dollars) to Healy-Tibbitts Construction Co. for Pumping Station No. 1 fire water supply was approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1911-03-13 | Payments totaling $58,597.78 (≈ $2.1 million in 2026 dollars) to five contractors for Auxiliary Water Supply System pipes and Pumping Station No. 1 were approved. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1911-05-22 | Board approved $2,193.01 (≈ $79,170 in 2026 dollars) from the Fire Protection Account for pumping station plumbing and cast-iron pipe fittings for the auxiliary water system. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1911-09-18 | Board authorized fire-protection water supply payments for the Townsend Street pumping station, Twin Peaks Reservoir and cast-iron mains. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1911-09-25 | Approved $16,927.50 (≈ $611,097 in 2026 dollars) fifth installment to Charles C. Moore & Co. for equipment at Pumping Station No. 1 on Townsend Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1911-10-23 | City paid three contractors for pumping station work, gate valves and cast-iron fittings for the Auxiliary Water Supply System for fire protection. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912-01-02 | Bill accepting a federal grant of part of Fort Mason Military Reservation for a water pumping station was adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912-01-15 | Board ordered a $300,000 (≈ $10.5 million in 2026 dollars) pumping station at Fort Mason for the auxiliary fire-protection water supply system. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1912-01-22 | The Board ordered a $300,000 (≈ $10.5 million in 2026 dollars) fire-protection pumping station built at Fort Mason from the Public Building Fund. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913-01-13 | Caldwell & Co. was granted a sixteen-day extension to finish general construction of Pumping Station No. 2 at Fort Mason. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1913-07-01 | Spring Valley Water Company was directed to install a water connection on Van Ness avenue for Pumping Station No. 2. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1914-02-12 | Board finally passed ordinance ordering pumps, motors and controls installed at the Commercial Street sewage pumping station. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1914-05-25 | Ordinance passed ordering construction of a sewage pumping station at Forty-eighth avenue and Fulton street, paid from Sewer Bond Fund. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1914-05-25 | Sewage pumping station ordered built at 48th Avenue and Fulton Street | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1914-05-25 | Sewage pumping station to be built at Forty-eighth and Fulton | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1914-05-25 | Ordinance passed ordering pumping machinery for the sewage pumping station at Forty-eighth avenue and Fulton street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1914-06-22 | Ordinance adopted ordering construction of a sewage pumping station at Forty-eighth Avenue and Fulton Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1914-06-22 | Sewage pumping station ordered built at 48th Avenue and Fulton Street | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1914-06-22 | Ordinance adopted ordering pumping machinery for the sewage pumping station at Forty-eighth Avenue and Fulton Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1918-05-13 | Ordinance passed amending Ordinance 1771 to accept a United States grant of Fort Mason land for a pumping station. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1925-08-10 | Two new pumps and motors ordered for the sewage pumping station at the Great Highway and Vicente Street. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1927 | Sewage pumping station built at Fitzgerald Avenue and Griffith Street | other | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1930 | Board authorizes condemnation of a strip of land near Telegraph Road and San Lorenzo Creek for a Hetch Hetchy pumping station. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1935-05-23 | Sewage Pumping Station budget approved without objection on Supervisor Gallagher's motion. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1936-12-28 | Emergency $20,000 (≈ $484,806 in 2026 dollars) from the Water Revenue Fund approved to replace ruptured pipes at County Line Pumping Station. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1941-11-17 | Mayor authorized to sign an amended electricity agreement with the War Department for the Fort Mason pumping station. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1943-10-25 | Proposed salary ordinance reclassifying operating engineer positions at the Sewage Pumping Station; final vote not shown here. | ordinance | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1945-04-16 | Land at the old Ocean View pumping station to be sold | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-03-19 | Fluoride would be added to part of San Francisco's water via the San Andreas pipeline and Alemany pumping station; passed on first reading. | passed first reading | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1951-05-21 | Eminent domain taking of a Jackson and Drumm Streets lot, up to $17,000 (≈ $220,307 in 2026 dollars), for North Point sewage pumping station adopted. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1955-06-13 | Recreation and Park Department's $390 (≈ $4,903 in 2026 dollars) appropriation for two motor starters at the San Andreas Pumping Station was passed. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1960-05-02 | City starts buying land for a Drumm Street sewage station | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1960-10-31 | The Board authorized eminent domain acquisition of property for the Drumm Street sewage pumping station, costing up to $200,000 (≈ $2.3 million in 2026 dollars). | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1960-10-31 | City may take private land for a Drumm Street sewer station | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1962-06-11 | Urges coordinated action so construction of the Drumm Street sewage pumping station starts by January 2, 1963. | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1964-06-29 | City accepts $127,500 (≈ $1.4 million in 2026 dollars) federal grant for Drumm Street sewage station | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1964-06-29 | Federal grant of $127,500 (≈ $1.4 million in 2026 dollars) for the Drumm Street pumping station | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1976-06-14 | $3,285 (≈ $19,453 in 2026 dollars) connects Central pumping station to Sutro pipeline | passed | Board decision scanned page ↗ |
| 1988 | San Francisco pumping station (booster to higher-level reservoirs) · finding: out of operation for more than 72 hours after earthquake | finding | City report: City and county of San Francisco multi-hazard functional plan scanned page ↗ |
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