San Francisco's Treasure Island

by Jason Pipes

Reclaimed from a sandy shoal in the San Francisco Bay, Treasure Island is a man-made creation built in 1936 during the same era that saw the construction of such California icons as the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Bridge. Situated next to rocky Yerba Buena Island, it was initially planned to serve as the location of the new San Francisco airport, but its first official duty was to host the 1939 Worlds Fair. The islands amazing and varied history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738547425
• ISBN13: 9780738547428
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"