This January 4, 1934, photograph shows the release of the flood waters from the Yolo Bypass weir into the Yolo Bypass. Built in 1916, the structure straddles nearly 2,000 feet of the Sacramento River's west bank. The structure itself was composed...
This February 4, 1933, photograph shows a nearly rennovated Yolo Causeway. Built in 1916, the structure was a two-lane, 400,000 dollar project that traversed the Yolo Bypass, eliminating the need to use a ferry to traverse the often-flooded...
This picture of the Sacramento and Yolo Bridge was taken just days before its completion in June 1858. It was built by the Sacramento and Yolo Bridge Company and owned by native-Kentuckian G.P. Gillis and native-Alabaman Elam Covington. Although...
Shown in circa 1935 is the Yolo Causeway. Built in 1916 for 400,000 dollars, the 3.2-mile-long span possessed one lane for each direction. Its construction ended the alienation between the San Francisco Bay area and Sacramento Valley that occured...
This 1910 photograph captures a still-under-construction I Street Bridge, as taken from the Yolo County side of the Sacramento River. Notice the concrete piers in pristine condition, and old wooden span, yet to be dismantled. The new bridge was...
This 1955 photograph captures the north flank of the Western Warehouse Company at 100 through 114 K Street. The picture was taken from an ally on the north side of K Street, between Front and Second Streets. Several cars are in view and to the...
Flood waters rush their way through the Yolo Bypass Weir in this January 4, 1934, photograph. Several automobiles can be seen above as well as a few spectators.
This circa 1930 photograph shows the two-lane Yolo Causeway. Opened in spring 1916 to a fete that lasted four days, and involving everything from beauty queens to sporting events (74, to be exact), to governors, the structure was created under the...
This 1930 photograph shows the Yolo Causeway as it stands above high water. In the foreground, a man labors along in a rowboat. Several cars can also be seen on the causeway's roadway.
This 1940 view of the Yolo Causeway, taken from Interstate 80, shows standing water to the left of the roadway. A billboard advertises Sacramento's Hotel Berry while another promotes Wonder Bread.
Shown in this circa 1945 photograph is an aerial view of the grain elevators and buildings along the Yolo County side of the Sacramento River. On the upper portion of the photograph is the westernmost environs of Sacramento.
This circa 1950 aerial view shows grain elevators and buildings on the Yolo County side of the Sacramento River. Railroad tracks and a train appear in the top portion of the photograph and the east bank of the Sacramento River.
