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Rights Holder and Contact
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
Date of Copyright
1989-11-16
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. At the time of the Loma Prieta Earthquake, Ray Hackett was a Supervising Bridge Engineer for Caltrans in Sacramento. When the earthquake happened he was driving home from work, and turned on the TV when he got home and saw the collapsed span on the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge. Hackett called his supervisor, then returned to work. In the days following the earthquake, he coordinated the bridge inspections of all the Bay Area Bridges. Hackett also was responsible to acquire materials to shore up damaged structures. In the recording he also mentions the damaged received by the double-decked viaducts (Embarcadero, Central and Cypress) and the work on future plans to rehabilitate. California Audiovisual Preservation Project
Type
sound
Format
Original Audio cassette
Form/Genre
Oral histories
Extent
1Tape of 1
Identifier
casadt_000112
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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