Black Diamond Coal Company's Pier.—Barges, sheds and piles of coal, straight from the bowels of Mount Diablo, corner Spear and Harrison streets, P. B. Cornwall, agent.
Rincon Point, foot of Harrison street. The wharves and filling have quite obliterated the old shore line, which originally turning a short corner here, received the name "Rincon," which, in Spanish, means simply a corner.
U. S. Marine Hospital, northwest corner of Harrison and Spear.
P. M. S. S. Co.'s Piers, Docks, Sheds and Slips. Waterfront, foot of Brannan and Townsend streets. Piers having a total front of 1200 feet, shed 600 feet long by 250 wide. Steamships over five thousand tons register and docks built especially for them. Capt. W. B. Cox, Superintendent.
Gas Works, corner of King and Second. The other works of the same company, the San Francisco Gas Co., are on Howard street, from First to Beale.
C. P. R. R. Co.'s Freight Pier, Depot and Boat. Foot of Second street.
Mission Bay. Foot of Second and Third streets. The broad cove lying between South street and Potrero; now fast filling in, especially beyond, that is, south of the Long Bridge.
Mission Rock.—Off the foot of Third street. Has a shanty on it. Used for fishing.
U. S. Ship Anchorage.—Between foot of Third and the Mission Rock, and within a quarter-mile radius of the latter. U. S. Revenue Cutters and Coast Survey vessels, chiefly occupy it.
Steamboat Reserves.—In the docks between Third and Fourth and the adjacent ones along the south side of the bridge.