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[View of the western half of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge under construction]

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Title: [View of the western half of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge under construction]
Date Created and/or Issued: 1934 June 1
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-Towers.
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; 900.11 B-12/LR. WEST BAY CROSSING - This photograph, taken from Yerba Buena Island, shows Tower W-2 on the San Francisco waterfront, and Piers W-3, W-4, W-5, and W-6, which carry the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge between San Francisco and Yerba Buena Island, a distance of 2 miles. Upon three of these incomplete piers, towers will rise, and Pier W-4 will be the concrete center anchorage between two pairs of steel towers like that on the waterfront. Last week, according to Chief Engineer C. H. Purcell, the submarine work on Piers W-5 and W-3 were completed. 6-1-34".
Type: image
Extent: 1 photographic print:
Subject: Bridges--Bay--Construction--Towers
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs

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