{"id":19278,"date":"2012-08-07T08:57:54","date_gmt":"2012-08-07T15:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/?p=19278"},"modified":"2012-08-07T08:57:54","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T15:57:54","slug":"the-pulgas-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2012\/08\/07\/the-pulgas-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pulgas Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>A curious monument.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Drive a mile or so North of the entrance to the magnificent country estate that is <a href=http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2012\/06\/02\/filoli\/ target=_blank>Filoli<\/a> and your eye will be caught by a curious Greek revival temple of improbable proportions, seemingly stuck in the middle of nowhere.  The Pulgas Temple is actually nothing more or less than a tribute to the great civil and mechanical engineers who make it possible to deliver drinking water to millions in the Bay Area of San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/Pulgas_1.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"814\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>At the entrance.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The temple itself surrounds a large grate which looks like a ventilator for the water flowing below:<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/Pulgas_2.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"814\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>The Pulgas Temple.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The whole thing terminates in a large rectangular pool, inviting to swim in, if not permitted:<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/Pulgas_3.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"814\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>The pool and cypresses.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The water rushing down the aqueduct to the large reservoir west of the 280 freeway is shown here:<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/Pulgas_4.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"814\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Aqueduct.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the whole story:<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog\/Pulgas_5.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"814\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Commemorative plaque.<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Worth a side trip should you be visiting Filoli.<\/p>\n<p>All snapped on the iPhone 4S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A curious monument. Drive a mile or so North of the entrance to the magnificent country estate that is Filoli and your eye will be caught by a curious Greek revival temple of improbable proportions, seemingly stuck in the middle of nowhere. The Pulgas Temple is actually nothing more or less than a tribute to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2012\/08\/07\/the-pulgas-temple\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Pulgas Temple<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photographs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19278"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19281,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19278\/revisions\/19281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}