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Margaret Lew | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> Point Molate tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Point Molate

These pictures record a morning spent exploring at Point Molate in Richmond, California. This bayside area was once inhabited by the Ohlone, later made part of the Castro Rancho and in the days after the 1906 Earthquake it was turned into a colony of winemakers by the California Wine Association which built the turreted brick buildings for its operations and the little row houses for employees. The winery operation closed around 1919 when Prohibition took force in the USA and the wine was dumped into San Francisco Bay. During WWII the Navy acquired the location and used the buildings for a fueling depot. The Navy's enormous fuel tanks can still be seen on the hillside above.

Interested in more background? See these links

National Park Service web site World War II in the Bay Area... pt molate
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/wwIIbayarea/win.HTM
Point Richmond History Association History of Pt Richmond
Notes on the Chinese Shrimp Camp near Pt. Molate, also on Winehaven.
http://www.alkos.com/prha/history.html

Opening the door 1840
Opening the door
1840		 Palm fronds 1841
Palm fronds
1841		 Old bricks and palms 1842
Old bricks and palms
1842		 Palms encore 1844
Palms encore
1844
Karen shoots the rust 1845
Karen shoots the rust
1845		 Curving road 1848
Curving road
1848		 Steps 1850
Steps
1850		 Closing up 1859
Closing up
1859
Vine-covered offices 1861
Vine-covered offices
1861		 Gone away 1867
Gone away
1867		 The Captain's House 1868
The Captain's House
1868		 Agave and view 1870
Agave and view
1870
Mt. Tam and tanker 1875
Mt. Tam and tanker
1875		 Left behind 1877
Left behind
1877		 View from a window 1880
View from a window
1880		 The Captain's View 1881
The Captain's View
1881
Houses in a Row 1882
Houses in a Row
1882		 My view of Mt Tam 1887
My view of Mt Tam
1887		 Into the Sunlight 1890
Into the Sunlight
1890		 Windows 1892
Windows
1892
Photogs at work 1894
Photogs at work
1894		 Another pretty view from the Hill 1897
Another pretty view from the Hill
1897		 Sun and shadows 1899
Sun and shadows
1899		 The Beach at Pt Molate 1903-4
The Beach at Pt Molate
1903-4
Robin shooting for a Panorama 1905
Robin shooting for a Panorama
1905		 Rust and Blue 1907
Rust and Blue
1907		 Andrys frames a serious shot 1908
Andrys frames a serious shot
1908

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Mary Ann Campbell12-Jun-2007 15:14
Really love this, Margaret. And as always you do a great job of descriptions and captions, which make it much more interesting.
Andrys Basten12-Jun-2007 10:55
Just peeking as it's late here and I think I'll never finish mine. Just looking at the thumbnails, I
noticed that the palms, "Into the Sunlight," "Photogs at work" reflections, and general exposure
are all just beautiful. Will be back!
Robin Lew12-Jun-2007 04:50
What a beautiful gallery. Lovely vignettes of abandoned,old and rusty things.
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