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District 6 · Block 3788, Lot 006 · ZIP 94107

Pump Station No. 1

100 Townsend Street

  • Building
  • 15,999 ft2 lot area
  • Zoned SSO
  • Historic resource
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  1. 1900

    Built.

  2. 1909

    The San Francisco Fire Department began construction of Pump Station No. 1, part of the Auxiliary Water Supply System built after 1906. A 1913 Sanborn map records two multi-stage turbine pumps, each able to deliver 2,700 gallons of fresh or salt water a minute. Designed by consulting engineer Tom W. Ransom; listed on the National Register.

    Central SoMa Historic Context Statement, adopted 2016
  3. 1909-1912

    Pump Station No. 1, designed by architect Frederick H. Meyer.

    Architecture, Planning & Preservation Professionals: A Collection of Biographies, adopted 2021
  4. Jun 1997
    Issued Permit 9710820 $$$ $1

    Revision to permit application 9508790, const. of 3 new floors.

  5. Jan 2010
    Permit 201001124585 $$$ $8,000

    Replace 511 recalled central original fire sprinkler heads, quick response horizontal head sin #ty3331, ty-frb (10). quick response pendent ty-3231 sin #327, quick response upright ty-3151 sin #174 includes spares.

  6. Jul 2010
    Permit 201007166854 $$$ $2,000

    Basement - install 1 smoke detector, 1 monitor module.

  7. Jun 2015
    Permit 201506249783 $$$ $6,500

    3rd & roof levels: fire alarm tenant improvement - 3 new duct smokes detectors, reloate 2 existing notification appliances, relocate 1 existing maunual fire alarm box. n/a maher ordinance.

  8. Jul 2015
    Permit 201507302894 $$$ $7,847,000

    Replace 4 760 hp diesel engines complete with new engine controls panel. instal new anchorbolts and sleeves into existing pump skids, install new salt water pump aux. syms, install 2 flow meters, remove & replac salt water pump sect. piping, install 8 new electric motorized actualators on valves, install.

  9. Apr 2016
    Permit 201604013682 $$$ $543,870

    Basement: install- dble wall piping&associated monitoring equip within the pump room. replacement existing old day tanks and associates pumps. install new day tanks to match capacity of existing. no change to total capacity. replacement of existing monitoring system for existing underground storage tanks. maher na.

  10. Jan 2017

    As built record drwaing for application ref pa 2015-0624-9783. maher na.

  11. Sep 2017
    Permit 201709279697 $$$ $6,500

    As built revision to approved app#201701187389. additional addressabel module for fuel leak detection.

  12. Jan 2018
    Permit 201801037753 $$$ $10,800

    Fire alarm ti ot 1st and 3rd levels. total 7 new co detectors with 7 new simplex modules to monitor new detectors maher not req. ref permit application 201701187389.

  13. Dec 2022
    Reinstated Permit 202212168586 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 9301745, 9508790 and 9710820. all work is complete.

  14. Dec 2022

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 9201491 and 9220271. all work is complete.

  15. Dec 2022

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 9718364 and 9704695. all work is complete.

1 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permit is omitted from the timeline. 8 expired or cancelled permits are not shown. The assessor dates the building to 1900; Planning's historic resource survey records 1965. The assessor's roll gives 1900; this address is recorded as built 1909.

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