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    Location: San Mateo County, California, United States

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    August 16, 2016

    Cycling

    San Francisco built Pulgas Water Temple as a monument to the engineering marvel that brought Hetch Hetchy water more than 160 miles across California from Yosemite National Park in the …

    May 18, 2025

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    You're not hallucinating: This monument was deliberately built in the style of ancient Greek and Roman architecture, to commemorate the Great Depression-era Hetchy Hetchy Project that brought water down from the mountains to the Bay Area. The frieze says, β€œI give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people.”

    October 10, 2019

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