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	1906 San Francisco earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake that struck San Francisco and the coast of northern California at 5:12am on Wednesday, April 18, 1906.
		The earthquake and resulting fire would be remembered as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States, comparable in devastation to the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
		The 1906 San Francisco earthquake was caused by a slip on the San Andreas Fault.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake (2635 words)

	San Francisco, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth-largest city in California and the fourteenth-largest in the United States, with a 2005 population of 739,426.
		San Francisco is also home to other major American and international banks including Barclays Global Investors, and venture capital firms have all set up their regional headquarters in the city mainly to service nearby Silicon Valley.
		San Francisco is also the center of gay media with newspapers and magazines such as the Bay Area Reporter and the Bay Times, among the many gay and lesbian-themed media in the city.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Francisco (8082 words)

	SFGate: The Great Quake: 1906-2006
		San Francisco in 1906 was the largest city and most important port on the Pacific Coast, the financial center of the West, the ninth-largest city in the United States.
		San Francisco had the most populous Chinatown outside of Asia, the U.S. Mint at Fifth and Mission streets was the largest in the world, and in its vaults was $222 million in gold, one-third of the country's gold supplies.
		Purchase historic photos and Chronicle newspapers frontpages of the quake and fire of 1906.
	www.sfgate.com /greatquake (787 words)

	Quake: 1906 San Francisco Quake
		The 1906 earthquake and the Lawson report demonstrated the importance of accurate, widespread and repeated observations of earthquakes, their effects, and the faults on which they occur.
		By repeating previous triangulation measurements, it was found after 1906 that displacements in the earthquake were largest at the fault and decreased with distance from it, so that a previously straight line crossing the fault had become curved.
		Before 1906 and Reid's theory, this basic mechanical concept of earthquakes -- that the faulting causes the earthquake and that the earthquake does not cause the faulting -- was not well recognized as a universal principle applicable to the San Andreas fault.
	quake.wr.usgs.gov /info/1906/revolution.html (1061 words)

	1906 San Francisco earthquake - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It ruptured along the San Andreas Fault both northward and southward for a total length of 296 miles (477 km)[2].
		Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire: Early Films of San Francisco, 1897-1916 and, in particular, San Francisco earthquake and fire, April 18, 1906 from the Library of Congress
		Wells Fargo's Earthquake Blog: History and articles about Wells Fargo's history with the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/San_Francisco_earthquake (2203 words)

	NPR : Remembering the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
		The scene was described by San Francisco writer and 1906 witness Henry Anderson Lafler.
		Ironically, before the San Francisco earthquake, the newspapers were headlined with the recent eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, close to Caruso's hometown of Naples.
		San Francisco was forever changed by the earthquake and fires that struck on April 18, 1906.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5334411 (1742 words)

	USGS Earthquake Hazards Program » Historic Earthquakes
		Damage in San Francisco resulting only from the earthquake was estimated at $20 million; outside the city, it was estimated at $4 million.
		The earthquake damaged buildings and structures in all parts of the city and county of San Francisco, although over much of the area, the damage was moderate in amount and character.
		The earthquake also was severe in the Los Banos area of the western San Joaquin Valley, where the MM intensity more than 48 kilometers from the fault zone was IX.
	earthquake.usgs.gov /regional/states/events/1906_04_18.php (686 words)

	SR.com: Archive chronicles 1906 San Francisco earthquake
		SAN FRANCISCO — One hundred years after the San Francisco earthquake, the state’s top historic libraries are unveiling a massive $1 million online archive that chronicles in amazing detail what happened on that fateful April 18th.
		While San Francisco is the focus, the project also depicts how the large swath of Northern California fared after the 7.8 point quake, including the ensuing exodus from the city to San Jose and Oakland and how the region rebuilt itself.
		San Francisco was a hot bed of photography,” said Philip Fradkin, a consultant to the online archive, which he also mined to write “The Great Earthquake and Firestorms of 1906,” released last year.
	www.spokesmanreview.com /breaking/story.asp?id=5792 (2010 words)

	San Francisco Cemeteries by John W. Blackett (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The crematorium, called the San Francisco Columbarium, is located at the end of Loraine Court, off Anza Street in the Richmond District and use to be part of the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
		The San Francisco Columbarium - Located at the end of Loraine Court, off Anza Street, in the Inner Richmond District and it originally was part of the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
		The San Francisco Daily Evening Post on November 16th, 1878 said it was at the "eminence between Taylor and Jones streets, and north of Vallejo street".
	www.sanfranciscocemeteries.com (2587 words)

	USGS Earthquake Hazards Program » The Great 1906 Earthquake, 100 years later
		Simulations of ground shaking from the 1906 earthquake, based on 3D geologic and seismic velocity models developed by the USGS in collaboration with LLNL, UC Berkeley, and Stanford University.
		Family photos and records help tell the story of how USGS staff stationed in Sacramento and Berkeley swung into action after the 1906 earthquake bringing help to the residents of devastated San Francisco, documenting the effects of the quake, and investigating causes of that major geologic event.
		Scientific overview of the M 7.9 earthquake that occurred on the San Andreas fault on April 18, 1906.
	earthquake.usgs.gov /regional/nca/1906 (815 words)

	NPR : 100 Years After the San Francisco Quake
		The economic and cultural hub of the West, San Francisco was forever changed by the massive earthquake and resulting fires that struck early in the morning on April 18, 1906.
		April 18, 2006 · As part of the week-long commemoration of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, at 5:12 Tuesday morning, San Franciscans participated in a reenactment of the devastating quake.
		April 18, 2006 · Artists are commemorating the 1906 earthquake in a variety of ways, some traditional -- poetry, prose -- and some not-so, including a Jello model of the city by the bay.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5337518 (813 words)

	NBC: Quake spurred citizen photojournalism - San Francisco Earthquake 1906 - MSNBC.com
		This photograph, taken from a tethered balloon five weeks after the great earthquake of April 18, 1906, shows the devastation brought on the city of San Francisco by the quake and subsequent fire.
		SAN FRANCISCO — Being assigned to shoot TV segments for the centenary of one of the greatest U.S. disasters, the Great Quake and Fire of 1906, was a reminder that the event was one of the first major stories to be covered by both moving and still photography.
		They grabbed their cameras, the made their way to the city by horse and train, and by nightfall were wandering through San Francisco taking pictures and interviewing survivors.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/12358766/wid/6448213 (658 words)

	Historic Streetcars
		The story of San Francisco’s historic streetcar (trolley) service really begins when the voters of Alameda and Contra Costa counties and San Francisco approved the $792 million bond issue for BART construction in November 1962.
		The late Maurice Klebolt was one of the leading advocates for the historic streetcar service – he was the person largely responsible for obtaining the first historic streetcar from another country (the streetcar from Hamburg, Germany), which came to San Francisco in 1979.
		San Francisco Municipal Railway, a division of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
	www.sfmuni.com /cms/mms/aboutmun/histcars.htm (1601 words)

	4/18/2006 - 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Followed Closely in Chattanooga - Memories - Chattanoogan.com
		As the 100th anniversary of the famous April 18, 1906, earthquake in San Francisco is observed, a look at the Chattanooga newspapers from that time shows that the Scenic City residents followed it with much interest.
		Montague had grown up in San Francisco and was visiting with her mother and other relatives at the time.
		The earthquake was figuratively felt in Chattanooga, and Chattanoogans in turn felt for their San Francisco brethren.
	www.chattanoogan.com /articles/article_83981.asp (697 words)

	1906 Earthquake Photos Subject of Exhibit at Calaveras Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A rare look at the 1906 San Francisco earthquake as seen through the lens of a young female photographer will be the focus of an exhibit coming to the Calaveras County Museum April 29 to May 27.
		Irvine, a resident of Mokelumne Hill (in Calaveras County), was only 22 when she was in San Francisco and photographed the destruction on 8x10glass plate negatives.
		Other photos by Irvine to be included in the exhibit are of her hometown of Mokelumne Hill from 1906 to 1915, and of construction of the Electra Powerhouse on the Mokelumne River between 1898 and 1902.
	www.calaverasarts.org /1906EarthquakeExhibition.htm (224 words)

	Photos and Bits of Quirky San Francisco
		The photo of the chef is from Tiramisu, who was kind enough to let me snap a quick shot between his final inspection of dinners as they left his realm.
		April 18th, 1906 was the dreadful day of the devistating San Francisco Earthquake and Fire; so we're at the the 100th Anniversary milestone.
		San Francisco Capital Limo is one of many services to rent a limo for you high-rollers who want to take time to venture out of downtown, maybe grab a bottle of nice champagne and head up to the top of Twin Peaks for a breath-taking view of the city.
	www.sanfranciscophotos.net (6227 words)

	San Francisco, California. Free Pictures Photos
		Colonizing of the San Francisco area began in 1776.
		In a voting the City of San Francisco was forced to maintain the Powell Street cable car system.
		Alcatraz: Island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay.
	www.bigfoto.com /america/san-francisco (181 words)

	Western Neighborhoods Project - 1906 Earthquake Refugee Shacks
		Earthquake refugee cottages, or "shacks" were built by the Department of Lands and Buildings of the Relief Corporation to house refugees from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
		Earthquake cottages came back in the public eye in the early 1980s, when "shack activist" Jane F. Cryan began lobbying for their preservation.
		Her efforts created City Landmark #171, a complex of four shacks at 1227 - 24th Avenue, and helped rescue two others that are on public display in the Presidio of San Francisco.
	www.outsidelands.org /shacks.php (423 words)

	Amazon.com: Earthquake Days: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake & Fire in 3-D: Books: David Burkhart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		San Francisco Is Burning: The Untold Story of the 1906 Earthquake and Fires by Dennis Smith
		Whether you are intereted in the quake itself, the fire or the stories that go with the 1906 Earthquake, this book has something for you.
		Earthquake Days: The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake & Fire in 3-D is an impressive photographic spectacle about the historic San Francisco Earthquake and is quite like no other treatment of the subject.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0977330567?v=glance (1441 words)

	SF Gate: Photo Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Historic photos from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
		Chronicle photographer Kim Komenich on assignment with U.S. Army and Marine units in Iraq in the spring and fall of 2005.
		Continuous photo coverage of the Gulf Coast disaster.
	www.sfgate.com /gallery (262 words)

	Historic San Francisco Photos • www.historicfotos.com • SF-187
		Please write down any photos you are interested in ordering and send them to us using the “contact us” button at the bottom of the page.
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		This site and its contents, including but not limited to source code, photos and graphics, cannot be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization by Fleet Irvine, owner of Fleet Irvine Photomurals and this associated site.
	www.historicfotos.com /sf187.html (169 words)

	San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection - SFPL.org
		San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection - 6th Floor
		The San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, located in the San Francisco History Center, contains photographs and works on paper of San Francisco and California views from 1850 to the present.
		Copyright © 2002-06 by San Francisco Public Library.
	sfpl.lib.ca.us /librarylocations/sfhistory/sfphoto.htm (61 words)

	Quake: 1906 San Francisco Quake
		A catalog of historic earthquakes in California with magnitudes greater than about 5.5 to 6.0 can be found in the report Earthquake History, 1769-1989 by Ellsworth.
		Notable earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Region before and after the 1906 earthquake.
		The largest of these, with magnitudes around 7, are shown in the following map:
	quake.wr.usgs.gov /info/1906/othereqs.html (79 words)

	Laughing Squid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		underground art and culture from San Francisco and beyond
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		Laughing Squid Web Hosting is an independent web hosting company, based out of San Francisco, that provides friendly, dependable and secure web hosting services to artists, individuals, bloggers, non-profits and small organizations.
	laughingsquid.com /.../1906-san-francisco-earthquake-100th-anniversary (80 words)

	Index to Panoramic photographs of historic San Francisco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Index to Panoramic photographs of historic San Francisco
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		1905 A last look before the 1906 Earthquake
	americahurrah.com /SanFrancisco/PanoramaIndex.htm (32 words)

	San Francisco Earthquake 1906 China Town,Historic Photo Archive,vintage,photos,photographs,stock,photography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		San Francisco Earthquake 1906 China Town,Historic Photo Archive,vintage,photos,photographs,stock,photography
		See more photos of San Francisco 1906 Earthquake
		Click here to see prices for larger prints
	www.historicphotoarchive.com /caps3/00223.html (24 words)

	1906 San Francisco Earthquake Photographs
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	www.sfmuseum.org /1906/photos.html (93 words)

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