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Handwritten on the back, "New 7th St. docks." Clipping from Tribune, Sep. 10, 1967-- "Giant Seventh Street Terminal, designed for containerized cargo, will allow Port of Oakalnd to double tonnage processed annually." Photo is an aerial shot of the uncompleted terminal. On the right side is part of the terminal which is being dredged, part of the land is still under water. Several floating cranes and a dredger are floating nearby. On the left side are two completed buildings right next to the edge of the water and behind them several docks sticking out into the Bay. (D. Cooper, 2/99) The area of the terminal has been diked to received dredge spoils from the construction of the BART tube and other dredging projects. The dredge materail would be pumped through a pipiline into the diked area to create land fill. Compare to H96.1.2094, an earlier view of the land fill project from May 8, 1967. The buildings at the left edge of the photo are Albers Brother Milling Co.
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Oakland Estuary; Prescott neighborhood, Oakland; South Prescott neighborhood, Oakland; Oakland waterfront