Image / Sacramento River and S.P.R.R. Drawbridge, California - B&W

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Title: Sacramento River and S.P.R.R. Drawbridge, California - B&W
Date Created and/or Issued: 1910
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: Shown with this circa 1910 black and white postcard is the Southern Pacific Railroad drawbridge. Operated by an electric motor, the two floor span cost 80,000 dollars to build. It was the first bridge in California to provide an overhead way for vehicles.
Type: image
Identifier: BBSAC061
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll2/id/931
Subject: Bridges
Rivers
Sacramento River
Boats
Riverboats
Railroads
Railroad, Southern Pacific

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