Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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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.

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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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