The Silver Era, FoundSF
Gray and Gifford''s Birdseye View of San Francisco, 1868. Diagramatic view with keyed code may be found at bottom of this . Image: David Rumsey Map Collection Constructed in anticipation of the expected business boom of the railroad, Long Bridge provided "rapid transit" for workmen from the city to the Potrero and Hunter''s Point, formerly reached only by boat or circuitous roads.