Pier 70, San Francisco

37°45′35.34″N 122°23′0.87″W / 37.7598167°N 122.3835750°W / 37.7598167; -122.3835750

Pier area c. 1918, looking north to Union Iron Works.
Bethlehem Steel's Administration building.

Pier 70 in San Francisco, California, is a historic pier in San Francisco's Potrero Point neighborhood, home to the Union Iron Works and later to Bethlehem Shipbuilding. It was one of the largest industrial sites in San Francisco during the two World Wars. Today, it is regarded as the best-preserved 19th century industrial complex west of the Mississippi.[1]

  1. ^ Flynn, Katherine. "Transitions: Saved—Pier 70 Historic Core". savingplaces.org. National Trust for Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-10-08.