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NOVEMBER 2, 1895: San Francisco’s Chutes on Haight (located between Cole and Clayton) opened. Water rides were a popular City attraction until 1950.

NOVEMBER 2, 1895: San Francisco’s Chutes on Haight (located between Cole and Clayton) opened. Water rides were a popular City attraction until 1950.

The Chutes on Haight was a water ride built over the midway of the 1894 California Midwinter Exposition[1] a year after the exposition ended. It was…

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MAY 24, 1987: San Francisco celebrated the Golden Gate Bridge’s 50th anniversary by opening it up to pedestrian traffic. 300,000 people caused the main span to flatten, raising fears of structural failure.

MAY 24, 1987: San Francisco celebrated the Golden Gate Bridge’s 50th anniversary by opening it up to pedestrian traffic. 300,000 people caused the main span to flatten, raising fears of structural failure.

The narrow strait that divides the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean is known as the Golden Gate. In 1919 San Francisco City Engineer…

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