Point Lobos Marine Exchange Lookout Station (San Francisco, California) | Octagon Mode (architecture) (1850-1870), interesting place, 1927_construction, lookout tower

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 Octagon Mode (architecture) (1850-1870), interesting place, 1927_construction, lookout tower
Completed in early 1927, the Point Lobos Marine Exchange Lookout Station was the last of a series of stations that stretched back to the Gold Rush whose function was to watch for approaching ships and announce their arrival. Once a ship was spotted, the lookout relayed the information (especially the ship's name or company insignia) to the Embarcadero where a small army of stevedores, tugs boats, taxis and drayage companies waited to unload the vessel's cargo and transport her passengers.

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A previous Merchants Exchange station had stood since 1889 at the site of the present USS San Francisco Memorial, but the current structure replaced it.

The present building was dedicated in February 1927.
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Coordinates:   37°46'57"N   122°30'36"W
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