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Is this the Bay Area s most overlooked monument?
The Pulgas Water Temple marks a stupendous engineering feat: Bringing Sierra water to the Bay
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Cypress trees line the reflecting pool of the Pulgas Water Temple off Canada Road near Woodside, Calif. The temple celebrates the arrival of Hetch Hetchy water to San Francisco in 1934, a project that took 20 years to complete.Blair Heagerty / SFGateShow MoreShow Less
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The classically inspired Pulgas Water Temple pays homage to one of the great engineering feats in California history: bringing Hetch Hetchy water to San Francisco.Mike Moffitt/SFGATEShow MoreShow Less
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