Probably on Waldo Avenue, Piedmont
The Syndicate Water Company was part of the Realty Syndicate octopus in 1906, but lasted barely one year. Incorporated in February 1906, it started by acquiring the Richmond Water Company’s assets and then asserted water rights in the territory of the Contra Costa Water Company, which promptly took it to court. The aftereffects of the 18 April earthquake led to the litigants merging as the Peoples Water Company just four months later. The purchase was formalized in 1907.
This cap would seem to be quite a rarity. Perhaps all the hard stock of the preceding companies was dumped in a big bin and used by Peoples wherever it was needed until the supply ran out.
Oakland Underfoot 
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