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Title: Tower Bridge, Sacramento, California - B&W
Date Created and/or Issued: 1940
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Postcards
Rights Information: This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Description: This circa 1940 grayscale postcard shows the unofficial entryway to Sacramento proper, the Tower Bridge. The photograph was taken from the West Sacramento side of the Sacramento River. Construction on the bridge commenced in July 1934, putting to work 130 men for 16 months. It replaced the M Street Bridge which had been in operation since 1910.
Type: image
Identifier: BBSAC069
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll2/id/939
Subject: Bridges
Rivers
Sacramento River
Boats
Marinas and Docks

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