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Title: [Caisson used during construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge]
Date Created and/or Issued: 1933 Nov. 3
Contributing Institution: San Francisco Public Library
Collection: San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
Rights Information: Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library: www.sfpl.org/permissions.
Description: Folder: S.F. Bridges-Bay-Construction-Caissons.
Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library: www.sfpl.org/permissions.
On back: "SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE; Walter G. Swanson; 500 Sansome St. - GA rfield 1415. File 900.11 B-12/BD. View showing Caisson W-4 (right of photo) at Moore Dry Docks, Oakland, ready for towing to pier site. Caisson W-4, the World's Largest Caisson, having 55 fifteen foot diameter dredging well cylinders, is shown with steel domes in place for air flotation control. This Caisson now forms the base of Pier W-4, the Concrete Center Anchorage. Caisson W-3 (left of photo) is shown with the cutting edge section and also the cylinder adaptor sections in place. Caisson W-3 contains 28 fifteen foot cylinders. It now forms the base of Pier W-3.
Type: image
Extent: 1 photographic print:
Subject: Bridges--Bay--Construction--Caissons
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs

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