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Pier 70 Area - Building 21

Building 21
(Substation No. 5)

Located just west of the Noonan Building (Building 11), Building 21 is a two-story structure measuring 101’-2” long by 75’-6” wide by 44’ high. It is a steel frame structure with corrugated metal cladding and contains 10,172 square-feet

This building dates to the Risdon Iron Works period (c. 1900) and is the only building left from that iron works.  It has functioned as a machine shop and transformer house and contained offices, store rooms, compressor rooms, and compressor rooms.  It now functions as a substation for the Pier 70 site and for storage

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Below is a table of available reports regarding Building 21:

Document name

Notes

Date

Author

Division origin

Rapid Structural Evaluation

-

2006

Moffat & Nichol

Engineering

Port Pier 70 Building Cost Estimates, 10-Year Capital Plan Revised

-

-

Kathleen Diohep

Planning & Development

Central Waterfront Cultural Resources Survey Results - Pier 70 Area By Building Number

June 2002

-

Planning & Development

" "

By Age of Construction

June 2002

-

Planning & Development

" "

By Table of Contents (Page No.)

June 2002

-

Planning & Development

Pier 70 Resources Profile Database Excel spreadsheet

July 2007

Carey & Co.

Planning & Development

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