Name/Title
Drawing of Shoreline Development, plans that were never built, 1948-1953Entry/Object ID
2008.81.5Description
ACC. NO. 08.81.5
SUBJECT CATEGORY: DRAWING; STREET ENGINEERING
DATE OR PERIOD: 1948-1953
OBJECT: DRAWING
DESCRIPTION: A DRAWING ON TREATED VELLUM. DETAILS OF MASTER PLAN, SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT, ALAMEDA. THE DRAWING DEPICTS "THE SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT FOR ALAMEDA COUNTY, ALAMEDA SECTION, GENERAL DESIGN PLAN AND PRIORITY PROGRAM."
SIZE: L 20" X W 59"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: THE MAP WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND BEARS SIGNATURES OF VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, INCLUDING MAYOR BRANSHEID. SIGNATURES WERE UNDER THE DATE OF FEBRUARY 1948, BUT THEIR DENOTES AMENDMENT IS DATED JULY 1953; LELAND SWEENEY WAS THEN MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA. THE PLAN SHOWS ALTERATIONS TO THE SHORELINE BEGINNING AT THE ALAMEDA NAVAL AIR STATION AND CONTINUING TO SAN LEANDRO BAY. A NOTE ATTACHED TO THE DRAWING STATES, "PROPOSED PLANS THAT WERE NEVER BUILT."
DONOR: CITY OF ALAMEDA
CATALOGED: NOVEMBER 15, 2008