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Title: Freeport Bridge
Date Created and/or Issued: 1950
Contributing Institution: Sacramento Public Library
Collection: Sacramento Room Photographs
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: This 1950 photograph shows the Freeport Bridge spanning the Sacramento River. Constructed in 1929, the double-leaf Bascule moveable bridge is 656 feet long. Its first tender was Henry Costa, the son of Portuguese immigrants. He retired from bridge tending in 1954, just one year before the bridge underwent considerable rehabilitation.
Type: image
Identifier: 195
http://sacroom.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15248coll1/id/1048
Subject: Bridges
Courtland, California
Rivers
Sacramento River
Source: Sacramento Room Photograph Collection

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