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In the Bay Area, we had the Reber Plan[1], to turn the bay into two fresh water lakes by building dams between Richmond-San Rafael, and Oakland-San Francisco.

In the Bay Area, we had the Reber Plan[1], to turn the bay into two fresh water lakes by building dams between Richmond-San Rafael, and Oakland-San Francisco. Great photo of what it could have looked like[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reber_Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reber_Plan [2] https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b5/1a/d6/b51ad6d2a2b14f06013c00b65429add3.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b5/1a/d6/b51ad6d2a...

cpeterso 10y ago
You can visit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Bay Model in Sausalito. It is a huge room-sized model of the Bay you can walk around with rising and falling tides. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers_Bay_Model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers_B...
idlewords 10y ago
There was also a plan in 1965 to fill part of the Bay by leveling San Bruno Mountain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bruno_Mountain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bruno_Mountain
- flushandforget 10y ago
  Taking the move a mountain idiom a little too far.
samstave 10y ago
This is amazing... I didnt realize that there was enough elevation diff in order for such a plan to occur. Off-hand, do you know what the elevation difference is??
- yoloswagins 10y ago
  The bay is very, very shallow[1]. Off hand, the average depth is less than 7 feet. Most of the depth is around the golden gate itself. Around the king tides, an island forms just off of Ashby Ave, in Berkeley. [1] http://makerandmoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/81ackqtijtL._SL1500_.jpg http://makerandmoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/81ackqtij...
  - lebca 10y ago
    You're not wrong about the bay being mostly shallow. To clarify though, the bay's average depth in the southern and northern areas is closer to 15-17 ft and near the Golden Gate Bridge and Treasure Island area is closer to 40ft[1]. Maybe the median depth is closer to 7 feet. [1] http://omp.gso.uri.edu/ompweb/doee/science/descript/baysfran.htm http://omp.gso.uri.edu/ompweb/doee/science/descript/baysfran...
cloudjacker 10y ago
that airport terminal though, horrible idea in hindsight
DanielBMarkham 10y ago
With housing costs what they are in SFBA, this actually makes a lot of sense. I'd like to see some economics forecasts though -- and which municipality would control the new land? This could be a chance for the state legislature to step in, declare it a state park, then add high-rises and lots of green open spaces. You could build the area up right the first time around, instead of this decades-old NIMBY thing going on now. Sounds more promising than that HSR thing they're still arguing about.
flushandforget 10y ago
Why not the whole bay in the plan?

cpeterso 10y ago

You can visit the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Bay Model in Sausalito. It is a huge room-sized model of the Bay you can walk around with rising and falling tides. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers_Bay_Model https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers_B...

idlewords 10y ago

There was also a plan in 1965 to fill part of the Bay by leveling San Bruno Mountain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bruno_Mountain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bruno_Mountain

flushandforget 10y ago
Taking the move a mountain idiom a little too far.

samstave 10y ago

This is amazing... I didnt realize that there was enough elevation diff in order for such a plan to occur. Off-hand, do you know what the elevation difference is??

yoloswagins 10y ago
The bay is very, very shallow[1]. Off hand, the average depth is less than 7 feet. Most of the depth is around the golden gate itself. Around the king tides, an island forms just off of Ashby Ave, in Berkeley. [1] http://makerandmoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/81ackqtijtL._SL1500_.jpg http://makerandmoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/81ackqtij...
- lebca 10y ago
  You're not wrong about the bay being mostly shallow. To clarify though, the bay's average depth in the southern and northern areas is closer to 15-17 ft and near the Golden Gate Bridge and Treasure Island area is closer to 40ft[1]. Maybe the median depth is closer to 7 feet. [1] http://omp.gso.uri.edu/ompweb/doee/science/descript/baysfran.htm http://omp.gso.uri.edu/ompweb/doee/science/descript/baysfran...

cloudjacker 10y ago

that airport terminal though, horrible idea in hindsight

DanielBMarkham 10y ago

With housing costs what they are in SFBA, this actually makes a lot of sense. I'd like to see some economics forecasts though -- and which municipality would control the new land? This could be a chance for the state legislature to step in, declare it a state park, then add high-rises and lots of green open spaces. You could build the area up right the first time around, instead of this decades-old NIMBY thing going on now. Sounds more promising than that HSR thing they're still arguing about.

flushandforget 10y ago

Why not the whole bay in the plan?