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Item Title
Oakland Army Base, Warehouse Type, Tobruk Street, between Warehouse Road & Fifteenth , Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Locationbetween Warehouse Road & Fifteenth,
Oakland, CA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CA-125-I
Significance: Buildings 802-808 played a vital role in the Installation's mission to resupply U.S. forces in the Pacific during both World War II and the Korean engagement. Materiel was shipped by rail and truck directly to OARB where it was processed and crated in these huge warehouses for shipment overseas.
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. WEST FACE, BUILDING 807.
2. OBLIQUE VIEW OF WEST AND SOUTH FACES, BUILDING 807.
3. EAST FACE, BUILDING 807.
4. OBLIQUE VIEW OF EAST AND NORTH FACES, BUILDING 807.
5. RAIL CAR DOCKING AREA AND TRACKAGE BETWEEN BUILDINGS 806-807.
6. TRUCK DOCKING AREA ON 21ST STREET BETWEEN BUILDINGS 807-808.
7. DETAIL OF SLIDING WOOD CARGO BAY DOORS, BUILDING 807.
8. INTERIOR OF ONE BAY, BUILDING 807.
9. FOUNDATION PLAN, SHEET NO. 1-10-39/1 OF 12. (NOTE: ALL SEVEN WAREHOUSES WERE CONSTRUCTED FROM ONE SET OF PLANS).
10. FLOOR PLANS & DETAILS, SHEET NO. 1-10-39/2 OF 12.
11. ROOF & WALL FRAMING DETAILS, SHEET NO. 1-10-39/3 OF 12.
12. TYPICAL SECTION & TRUSS DETAILS, SHEET NO. 1-10-39/4 OF 12.
13. DETAILS, SHEET NO. 1-10-39/5 OF 12.
14. ELEVATIONS, SHEET NO. 1-10-39/6 OF 12.
15. PLAN OF OFFICE, DETAILS, FIXED WINDOW GUARDS, SHEET NO. 1-10-39/10 OF 12.
16. Photographic copy of photograph (from original 4 x 5 black and white print in the Army Port Contractors' 'Completion Report' at the Engineering Office, Oakland Army Base, California). Photograph taken prior to June 1942 by unknown photographer. SOUTHWEST BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF WAREHOUSES (BLDGS. 802-805).
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