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Rights Holder and Contact
California Department of Transportation
Date of Copyright
1990-01-11
Description
In the wake of the October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta Earthquake, Caltrans commissioned an oral history project to document the personal and professional experiences of Caltrans employees who worked to restore the State's damaged transportation system. This recording is the Loma Prieta Oral History of Fritz Hoffman, who was an Assistant Bridge Engineer in Sacramento. In this recording, Hoffman describes how he was driving his car in Sacramento and learned of the earthquake, and saw the damage on the television later that night. The next day, he went to his office in Sacramento and volunteered to go to the Bay Area to study the earthquake damage. Hoffman spent most of his time at the Cypress Structure, where he observed how the contractors worked, and helped map cars on the structure for the fire department for recovery efforts. He describes several recovery efforts he observed the fire department conduct at the Cypress Structure. This recording is important because it captures the first-person experience of what it was like to be at the Cypress Structure after the Loma Prieta Earthquake and what efforts it took to recover the deceased at the structure.
Type
sound
Format
Original Audio cassette
Form/Genre
Oral histories
Extent
1 tape of 1 00:90:54
Identifier
casadt_000122
Language
English
Subject
Earthquakes--California--Loma Prieta Loma Prieta Earthquake, Calif., 1989
Provenance
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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