Introduction
The China Basin & India Basin areas of the San Francisco Port/Waterfront history are vastly different from their heyday. Originally developed as industrial zones for cargo shipments from around the world, they were a workers maritime paradise. Sadly however, as the demand for an active port area diminished, the Basins have become so much less than they were originally envisioned and today are mere remnants what they once were.
China Basin is located between South Beach and Mission Bay Districts and was originally named for the China Clippers of the Pacific Mail Steamship Line that docked here at Steamboat Point after the mid-1860s. The area was originally filled with water and named Mission Bay. India Basin is located in the area surrounding Cargo way along the water until Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard. It first appeared on a map in 1868 and is supposedly named after the ships from the India Rice Mill Company.
China Basin: 1869 - 2012
India Basin: 1868 - 2012
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| India Basin map, 1868 |
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| India Basin view of Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard, 1920 |
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| India Basin View from Hunters Point, 1930 |
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India Basin Shrimp Sales, 1933
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| India Basin Shrimp Junks |
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| India Basin, 1970's |
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Port/Waterfront: 2012
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| View from India Basin Shoreline Park |
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| Abandoned Cargo Piers |
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| Industrial Boat Crane |
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| Construction workers lunch break |
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| Center of historic main cargo area |
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| Abandoned Building |
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| Graffiti tags over the main building |
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| Wire fences blocking marble entrances |
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| Wardens stand of the industrial warehouse |
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| Safety First! What remains of the announcement board |
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| Meaning in chain link? |
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| The only 'entrance' to the warehouse (through the fence) |
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| Fading paint, paper, and people |
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| Abandoned metalsmith shop |
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| Nearby power plant (one of the only operating facilities) |
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| The quintessential workers lunch - a taco truck |
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| Wires of connectivity |
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| Abandoned cargo warehouse |
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