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 TABLE 5 



Economic Life of Existing San Francisco Wharves (to 1925) 



A (Structures serving in original locations, having been completely rebuilt). 



First Last Total Economic 



Operated Rebuilt Life to Date 



Pier 5, Pacific St 1876 1806 49 years 



Pier 3, Jackson St 1877 1918 48 years 



Pier 7, Broadway St 1878 1903 47 years 



Pier 17, Union St 1878 1913 47 years 



Pier 15, Green St 1879 1914 46 years 



Pier ILVallejoSt ... 1879 1915 46 years 



Center St. Wharves 1884 (Various) 41 years 



Pier 9, Broadway 1885 1903 40 years 



Pier 27, Lombard St 1888 1906 37 years 



Pier 19, Union St 1903 1914 22 years 



Pier 23, Greenwich St 1903 1914 22 years 



Pier 25, Lombard St 1903 1914 22 years 



Pier 21, Filbert St 1903 1915 22 years 



Pier 44 1906 1917 19 years 



Pier 42 1906 1918 19 years 



Pier 46 1914 1917 (fire) 11 years 



B (Structures serving in original locations, not rebuilt). 



Piers 36, 38, 40 1909 16 years 



Piers 34, 54 1910 15 years 



Piers 26, 28, 30, 32, 39 1913 12 years 



Piers 41, 43 1914 11 years 



Piersl4, 16, 18, 20, 24, 35,37 . 1915 10 years 



Piers 22, 29 1916 9 years 



Pier 31 1918 7 years 



Pier 33 1919 6 years 



Average economic life to date, 39 wharves 20 years 



C (Ferry Slips). 



Market St. Ferry Slips 1-7 1893 32 years 



Santa Fe Car Ferry Slip 1901 24 years 



Sou. Pac. Co. Car Ferry Slip 1904 21 years 



Pier 36 Car Ferry Slip 1909 16 years 



Market St. Ferry Slip 8 1914 11 years 



Market St. Ferry Slips 9, 10 1915 10 years 



Powell St. Car Ferry Slips 1,2. 1915 10 years 



Average economic life to date, 15 slips 22 years 



The limited life shown in table 4 illustrates a condition typical where structures 

 are built prior to the adoption of an ultimate harbor development plan. All these 

 structures had their economic life limited by the fact that they did not conform to new 

 harbor plans created subsequent to their construction ; hence each was removed, often 

 while still physically serviceable, to permit rearrangement in accordance with the 

 new condition. None of the wharves constructed prior to the establishment of the 

 present waterfront line in 1878 exists toda>'. The list also shows 14 wharves built 



