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Bacon Island Road Bridge, Spanning Middle River at Bacon Island Road, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA
LocationSpanning Middle River at Bacon Island Road,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CA-160
Building/structure dates:
1906 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1937 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1949 subsequent work
Significance: The Bacon Island Road Bridge is the oldest highway swing span bridge in California. It is important in local history for its relation to agricultural and economic development in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. It is the work of an unknown bridge company which utilized Carnegie Steel and U.S. Steel Company components. The bridge is eligible for a listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
01. LOOKING SOUTHEAST FROM WESTERN APPROACH
02. LOOKING SOUTHEAST SHOWING THE COMPLETE APPROACH
03. LOOKING SOUTHEAST
04. LOOKING NORTHWEST
05. LOOKING NORTHWEST
06. LOOKING NORTHWEST
07. LOOKING DUE WEST
08. LOOKING EAST WITH OPERATOR CRANKING JACK TO OPEN BRIDGE
09. BRIDGE PEDESTAL SHOWING TENSION SUPPORT
10. UNDERSIDE OF BRIDGE LOOKING EAST
11. PEDESTAL OF BRIDGE SHOWING WHEELS AND GEARING
12. LOOKING EAST SHOWING BRIDGE ORNAMENTATION ON THE EASTERLY END OF THE BRIDGE
13. LOOKING WEST SHOWING BRIDGE ORNAMENTATION ON WESTERLY END OF THE BRIDGE
14. INTERIOR OF BRIDGE TENDER CONTROL BOOTH LOOKING WEST
15. INTERIOR OF BRIDGE TENDER CONTROL BOOTH LOOKING EAST
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