Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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B k e e The old Pullman Building on Carlson Boulevard was at one time a focal point of Richmond Industry. The Pullman Company manufacture the finest sleeping cars for trains made, Today the building stands as a reminder of Richmond's past lustre. Foreword The citizens of Richmond are rightly proud of their city with its handsome buildings and striking landmarks. The Shield staff has used these buildings and landmarks as the symbols of Richmond's history. Each division page is de- voted to some phase of Richmond's development and on each of them we have placed a picture and written a description of the appropriate. Richmond landmark. Among the landmarks we have chosen as representative of Richmond's excellence are the Richmond Civic Center, the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, the Standard Oil Refinery, the Naval Installation at Point Molate, the Richmond Golf and Country Club, the Macdonald Underpass, the Point Richmond Tunnel, and several others which appear here on the Foreword page. We have also included two landmarks of RUHS, the Rock and the Tower. The Rock appears on the Shield cover and the Tower on an introductory page. We chose our theme, Landmarks of Richmond, because it seemed very important to us. We wanted to show off the wonderful accomplishments achieved by Richmond's citizens through the years, and by doing so, to express our admiration and gratitude to those fine and dedicated men and women who made them realities. We also wanted to instill in ourselves, in the student body and in all the young people of Richmond, the same de- sire and drive for civic excellence which inspired our parents and their parents and grandparents to make of Richmond such an extraordinarily fine, bustling, prosperous and modern city. Many years ago these ships were sunk off point San Pablo to make a water break. These ships form a water break for the Richmond Yacht Harbor. The Richmond Plunge was built in 1939 at Point Richmond. The Plunge is a recreational facility for the whole family where swimming is possible all year round. Before Richmond was linked to San Francisco and San Rafael by bridges, the Santa Fe Company used the above device to turn train cars around.

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Memorial Park was built to honor the local boys who gave their lives for their country during World War 1. It is located between 12th and 13th Streets on Bissell. Construction of the park began in 1923. Dedication of the park was November 11, 1928, when the War Mothers of Richmond and the Citizens of Richmond erected a plaque with the names of thirty local boys who lost their lives in World War 1. The library at 4th and Nevin is thecity's oldest library. Today it is a branch of the Richmond Public Libraries and houses the Richmond museum too. On February 14, 1950, Contra Costa Junior College began classes in the building below at Point Richmond. Joseph P. Cosanp was the first dean of the college. In the Fall of 1956 the college was moved to its present site at the foot of Tank Farm Hill in San Pablo. The San Pablo Resovoir, located on the Dam Road between El Sobrante and Orinda, provides Richmond and the surrounding communities with water. Besides being a source of water, the resovoir area is a source of intense natural beauty. ‘Yhe oldest lighthouse in San Pablo Bay serves as a warning to ships on foggy and stormy nights. The lighthouse was operated by the Stenmark Family for many years dating back to approximately 1906. It is operated by the United State Coast Guard today and was probably constructed around the year of 1870. Whale oil was once a very vital product, but with the develop- ment of the petroleum fields and of electricity, whale oil lost its place of importance. Today the only whaling station left on the California coast is located in Richmond. oct i} ¢ a

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One of the familiar scenes of the city of Richmond is the Point Richmond tunnel, which was constructed in 1915 for the pur- pose of gaining access to industries located on the Point. The tunnel begins at the Rich- mond Plunge and terminates at Keller's Beach, This landmark was constructed by the order of the city of Richmond under the direction of Major E.J. Garrard and the City Council.