# Exploded gas tanks us mint

This film is a spectacular pan of the downtown area of San Francisco as seen from south of Market Street. The location among low ruins was ideal to view the tall ruined buildings along and north of Market Street. Since the facade of St. Patrick's Church is not visible in the pan, the film is probably later than May 9, the date the facade was demolished. The camera, placed on the east side of 4th Street near Natoma Street, one and two-thirds blocks south of Market Street, pans a full 240 degrees, from southwest to southeast. The following is a scene-by-scene description of the film: \[Frame: 0280\] The pan begins in the southwest, viewing two 550,000 cubic foot, 45' diameter frames of gas tanks of the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company at 5th and Folsom streets. \[1155\] The 1873 U.S. Mint is visible in the distance at 5th and Mission streets, a classical facade with two large smokestacks at the rear. The building is now a museum. \[1060\] The dome of the ruined City Hall is seen in the background at left, behind the ruined wall. \[1682\] The camera views the impressive ruins of the Emporium department store facing Market Street. A couple in the foreground walk up 4th Street. \[1750\] The Flood Building is seen behind the Emporium across Market Street at Powell Street. \[2082\] We look up 4th Street to see the St. Francis Hotel, at Powell and Geary streets. Its adjacent unfinished north wing was under construction before the disaster. \[2195\] The frame of the Butler Building (now I.…

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1906
- Runtime: 2 min
- By: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exploded_gas_tanks_us_mint.ogv)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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