"Temple Roof" by frankie96
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Description
Looking upward at the roof covering of the Sunol Water Temple.
See below for some data from Wikipedia.
The 18-meter high classical pavilion is made up of twelve concrete Corinthian columns and a concrete ring girder that supports the conical wood and tile roof. Inside the temple, water originally from the Pleasanton well fields and Arroyo de la Laguna flowed into a white tiled cistern before plunging into a deeper water channel carrying water from the filter galleries to the Niles Aqueduct in Niles Canyon and across San Francisco Bay near the Dumbarton Bridge. The roof covering the cistern has paintings depicting Indian maidens carrying water vessels.
It was modeled after the Temple of Vesta in Tivoli, Italy, was constructed in 1910 (Tivoli is where much of the waters that fed Rome converged in the foothills of the Apennines). Prior to the construction to the Hetch Hetchy aqueduct, half of San Francisco's water supply (6 million gallons a day) passed through the Sunol temple. The temple and the system was purchased by San Francisco in 1930 for $40 million.
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Comments (19)
flora-crassella
wonderful imag! Great photo!!!!
RobyHermida
Wonderful Work!!
bmac62
Beautiful place...I lived in San Francisco for two years and didn't know about this place.
Hendesse
Excellent shot, looks very beautiful. Thanks for the infos too!
sandra46
great place to see, very hyperreal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
carlx
Wonderful capture and details!!!
babuci
Great capture, very interesting.
durleybeachbum
Stunning, a great shot!
jocko500
real good shot
goodoleboy
Nothing short of stunning, Fenton! I thought it was a roulette wheel, or one of those big wheels they spin on TV game shows, at first.
auntietk
What a wonderful thing this must be to see! Great shot. Love the pov, and the colors are beautiful and dramatic.
sossy
outstanding artwork in this building! thx for the info! ;o)
lyron
Excellent shot!!
virginiese
nice paints and wonderful capture !
emmecielle
Excellent shot! :)
Richardphotos
what an awesome place.maybe it was not there when I was at Frisco.sure would have loved to see it
moochagoo
That's quite interesting, thank you for sharing.
Merrylee
Awesome colors and a great pov...
Digitaleagle
Awesome find and capture excellent info. about the shot very nice work!!!