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A bridge construction album made-up and photographed by someone with access to the construction site. The Bacon Island South Bridge is a pin-connected swing bridge with a 326 foot span and an unusual truss configuration to support the extension out from the pivot. The album shows all the details of construction, the pivot mount and its movement, movement of truss sections into position at the site, erection, barges and steamboats on the river, truss details etc.
Full Title
Photograph album documenting the construction of the Bacon Island South, Pratt through-truss, swing bridge in San Joaquin, California, ca 1905
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Publisher
Not published: unique, ca 1905
Date Issued
1905
Language
English
Type
Form
image/tiff
Subject (Geographic)
Date Captured
2017-10-23
Identifier
SC_Photo_0031
photographs-prints_176
Note
CopiBook Cobalt HD
Benjamin Brindle
600
Subject (LCSH)
Record Origin
Converted from Dublin Core to MODS during migration from CONTENTdm to Islandora
Related Item
SC Photo 0031
Photograph album documenting the construction of the Bacon Island South, Pratt through-truss, swing bridge in San Joaquin, California, ca 1905 (1–). (1905). (1–). https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-special-collections/photographs-prints/photograph-album-documenting-construction-bacon
“Photograph Album Documenting the Construction of the Bacon Island South, Pratt through-Truss, Swing Bridge in San Joaquin, California, Ca 1905”. 1905. https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-special-collections/photographs-prints/photograph-album-documenting-construction-bacon.
Photograph Album Documenting the Construction of the Bacon Island South, Pratt through-Truss, Swing Bridge in San Joaquin, California, Ca 1905. 1905, https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-special-collections/photographs-prints/photograph-album-documenting-construction-bacon.
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