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Crane with wrecking ball demolishing remains of collapsed San Bernardino Freeway bridge, Los Angeles, 1970

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Title: Crane with wrecking ball demolishing remains of collapsed San Bernardino Freeway bridge, Los Angeles, 1970
Contributor: Malmin, John
Date Created and/or Issued: May 27, 1970
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-3322
Description: CLEANUP BEGINS--Crane swings steel ball as the task of removing 6 million pounds of steel and concrete rubble from collapsed freeway bridge gets under way. The half-completed span gave way Monday on transition road from the San Bernardino to San Gabriel River Freeway.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b652_263403-2
ark:/21198/zz0002w1zs
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Disaster
Interstate 605
Express highways--California--Los Angeles County--Design and construction
Bridge failures--California--Los Angeles County
Environment
Transportation
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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