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Description
Set of 108 photographs of Tower Bridge, part of project HAER No. CA-73. Reproductions of photographs of original bridge construction done in 1934-1935 (originals with Dept. of Transportation). Includes index: Photographs, written historical and descriptive data / report prepared by John W. Snyder, James Fisher. Photographer, Don Tateishi. Sacramento River Bridge, also known as Tower Bridge and M Street Bridge (earlier bridge). Represents rare use of Streamlined Moderne architectural styling in lift bridge, major link in transcontinental highway U.S. 40. Added to National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Engineer/architect was Alfred Eichler, California Division of Highways. Built in 1934-36 to replace M Street Bridge. Bridge is steel through truss vertical lift span, and steel through truss and reinforced concrete and steel plate deck girder approadch spans. View 55 (1992-0334). CA-73-55. View northeast of upstream fender of M Street Bridge, Southern Pacific Steamer Terminal in background, 1935 -- view 56 (1992-0335). CA-73-56. Workers placing counterweight sheave on shoofly bridge, 1935 -- view 57 (1992-0336). CA-73-57. Shows shoofly bridge lift towers, M Street Bridge in background, 1935 -- view 58 (1992-0337). CA-73-58. Shows lift towers on shoofly bridge, M Street Bridge on left -- view 59 (1992-0338). CA-73-59. Workers standing beside split ring fastener on shoofly bridge, 1935 -- view 60 (1992-0339). CA-73-60. View beneath M Street Bridge, showsing swing span clearing trestle spans of shoofly bridge, 1935 -- view 61 (1992-0340). CA-73-61. Hoist lifting lower chord of shoofly bridge lift span, 1935 -- view 62 (1992-0341). CA-73-62. Shows shoofly bridge detour lift span on barge in river. View 63 (1992-0342). CA-73-63. Shows barge floating shoofly bridge lift span into place, 1935 -- view 64 (1992-0343). CA-73-64. Elevated view of approach to shoofly bridge, Sacramento side, 1935. Crane Co. building in background -- view 65 (1992-0344). CA-73-65. Shows shoofly bridge, lift towers, 1935 -- view 66 (1992-0345). CA-73-66. Shows bridge with both draw spans open, tugboat and barge approaching in background, 1935 -- view 67 (1992-0346). CA-73-67. View of tugboat and barge beneath shoofly bridge lift span, 1935 -- view 68 (1992-0347). HA-73-68. Shows sightseers walking shoofly bridge, Sacramento side, 1935. View 69 (1992-0348). CA-73-69. Shows Sacramento approach to shoofly bridge, 1935, lift towers with operators cabin, sightseers walking bridge -- view 70 (1992-0349). CA-73-70. Dismantling M Street Bridge, 1935 -- view 71 (1992-0350). CA-73-71. View of bridge from upstream -- view 72 (1992--351). CA-73-72. Dismantling M Street Bridge, 1935.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
18 photographic prints ; 8 x 10 and 10 x 8 in.
Identifier
(C)001431580CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Vertical lift bridges--California--Sacramento Truss bridges--California--Sacramento Bridge construction--California--Sacramento Barges--California--Sacramento Tugboats--California--Sacramento Swing bridges--California--Sacramento Hoisting machinery Construction workers--California--Sacramento Marine terminals--California--Sacramento Demolition--California--Sacramento Sacramento (Calif.)--Photographs Sacramento River (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints Progress photographs
Place
California Sacramento Sacramento (Calif.) Sacramento River (Calif.)
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