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Embarcadero (San Francisco)
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Embarcadero (San Francisco)
The Embarcadero
is the eastern waterfront and roadway of the
Port of San Francisco
,
San Francisco
,
California
, along
San Francisco Bay
, constructed atop an engineered
seawall
on
reclaimed land
. It derives its name from the
Spanish
verb
embarcar
, meaning "to embark";
embarcadero
itself means "the place to embark". The
Central Embarcadero Piers Historic District
was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
on November 20, 2002.
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