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<p>[QUOTE="leeg, post: 3585208, member: 17073"]<b>Thursday, November 12.</b></p><p><br /></p><p> The first of the three Gala Days in the great Five-Day Fiesta. In addition to scheduled events the following are of interest:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/leeg1957/Book%20Project%20Images/Bay%20Bridge/East%20Bay%20Crossing.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>East Bay Crossing. By night, looking toward Toll Plaza.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/leeg1957/Book%20Project%20Images/Bay%20Bridge/Worlds%20Largest.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>World’s largest. Vehicular tunnel through solid rock is 76 feet wide, 58 feet high and 540 feet long. Night photograph.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>OPEN HOUSE.</b> Commercial ships in bay open for public inspection between 10:00 A. M. and 5 P. M. at their respective docks.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/leeg1957/Book%20Project%20Images/Bay%20Bridge/Yerba%20Buena%20Island%20by%20night.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Yerba Buena Island. By night, looking east from East Portal of Tunnel.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/leeg1957/Book%20Project%20Images/Bay%20Bridge/100_3015A.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Drama in construction. Men worked hundreds of feet above and hundreds of feet beneath the waters of the Bay to raise and anchor the great towers.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>EXCURSION BOAT </b>(<i>San Francisco Bay</i>) The ferry boat ‘City of Sacramento’ will be operated on the bay as an excursion boat taking in all the points of interest. Trips will last from two to three hours. Schedule of departure at the Southern Pacific Company. </p><p><br /></p><p>9:00 A. M. <b>Finish of River Boat Race </b>(<i>San Francisco</i>). Racing Boats from Sacramento and Stockton will finish at Pier 3. </p><p><br /></p><p>10:00 A. M. <b>Marine Parade </b>(<i>San Francisco</i>). 500 pleasure and work boats form at Pier 48-A for bay parade. <b>Massed Flight of Navy Aircraft </b>(<i>San Francisco</i>). 250 planes from aircraft carriers in bay will make a flight over the entire bay area from San Mateo to San Rafael.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="leeg, post: 3585208, member: 17073"][B]Thursday, November 12.[/B] The first of the three Gala Days in the great Five-Day Fiesta. In addition to scheduled events the following are of interest: [IMG]https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/leeg1957/Book%20Project%20Images/Bay%20Bridge/East%20Bay%20Crossing.png[/IMG] [B]East Bay Crossing. By night, looking toward Toll Plaza.[/B] [IMG]https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/leeg1957/Book%20Project%20Images/Bay%20Bridge/Worlds%20Largest.png[/IMG] [B]World’s largest. Vehicular tunnel through solid rock is 76 feet wide, 58 feet high and 540 feet long. Night photograph.[/B] [B]OPEN HOUSE.[/B] Commercial ships in bay open for public inspection between 10:00 A. M. and 5 P. M. at their respective docks. [IMG]https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/leeg1957/Book%20Project%20Images/Bay%20Bridge/Yerba%20Buena%20Island%20by%20night.png[/IMG] [B]Yerba Buena Island. By night, looking east from East Portal of Tunnel.[/B] [IMG]https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/leeg1957/Book%20Project%20Images/Bay%20Bridge/100_3015A.jpg[/IMG] [B]Drama in construction. Men worked hundreds of feet above and hundreds of feet beneath the waters of the Bay to raise and anchor the great towers.[/B] [B]EXCURSION BOAT [/B]([I]San Francisco Bay[/I]) The ferry boat ‘City of Sacramento’ will be operated on the bay as an excursion boat taking in all the points of interest. Trips will last from two to three hours. Schedule of departure at the Southern Pacific Company. 9:00 A. M. [B]Finish of River Boat Race [/B]([I]San Francisco[/I]). Racing Boats from Sacramento and Stockton will finish at Pier 3. 10:00 A. M. [B]Marine Parade [/B]([I]San Francisco[/I]). 500 pleasure and work boats form at Pier 48-A for bay parade. [B]Massed Flight of Navy Aircraft [/B]([I]San Francisco[/I]). 250 planes from aircraft carriers in bay will make a flight over the entire bay area from San Mateo to San Rafael.[/QUOTE]
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