Lombard Street and Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill
by Adam Romanowicz
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Lombard Street and Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill
Artist
Adam Romanowicz
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Lombard Street and Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, California.
Originally named Loma Alta ("High Hill") by the Spaniards, the hill was then familiarly known as Goat Hill by the early San Franciscans, and became the neighborhood of choice for many Irish immigrants. From 1825 through 1847, the area between Sansome and Battery, Broadway and Vallejo streets was used as a burial ground for foreign non-Catholic seamen.
The hill owes its name to a semaphore, a windmill-like structure erected in September 1849, for the purpose of signaling to the rest of the city the nature of the ships entering the Golden Gate. Atop the newly built house, the marine telegraph consisted of a pole with two raisable arms that could form various configurations, each corresponding to a specific meaning: steamer, sailing boat, etc. The information was used by observers operating for financiers, merchants, wholesalers and speculators.
Lombard Street is an east-west street in San Francisco, California. It is famous for having a steep, one-block section that consists of eight tight hairpin turns.
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July 9th, 2014
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