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Union Pacific Railroad Bridge, Spanning Santa Anna River, west of Riverside, Riverside, Riverside County, CA
Locationwest of Riverside,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CA-123
Building/structure dates:
1904 initial construction
Significance: The Union Pacific Railroad Bridge was part of an overall plan initiated by Senator William Andrews Clark to connect the rail centers of Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, thereby creating a route of strategic importance for the shipping and transportation of materials. The Bridge was also, at one time, the largest concrete bridge on earth.
Related Names
E.B. & A.L. Stone Company
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW OF SOUTH ELEVATION OF BRIDGE LOOKING NORTHWEST
2. AERIAL VIEW OF BRIDGE AND ENVIRONS
3. AERIAL VIEW OF BRIDGE AND ENVIRONS
4. AERIAL VIEW OF BRIDGE AND ENVIRONS
5. VIEW OF SOUTH ELEVATION OF BRIDGE, BIKE PATH IN FOREGROUND
6. VIEW LOOKING WEST ACROSS BRIDGE ALONG RAILROAD TRACKS
7. VIEW OF ARCHES AND GRAFFITI ON NORTH ELEVATION OF BRIDGE
8. VIEW OF ARCHES LOOKING SOUTHWEST
9. Photocopy of photograph (original print at Riverside Library, Local History Collection), photographer unknown, ca. 1903-04. VIEW OF WORKERS AND BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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