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I Street Bridge Portrait
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I Street Bridge Portrait
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Title
I
Street
Bridge
Portrait
Date
1912
Description
Mr
. and
Mrs
.
Richard
Jewell
pose
for this
photograph
on the
west
end
of the
highway
span
of the
I
Street
Bridge
in
1912
. The
lower
span
of the
bridge
was
operated
by the
Southern
Pacific
Railroad
. As of
1912
, the
bridge's
draw
span
was the
heaviest
ever
built
,
weighing
some
3
,
100
tons
.
It
required
seven
electric
motors
to be
drawn
. In the
background
is
east
side
of the
river
and
Sacramento's
waterfront
.
Format
8 x 10 in.; b&w
Holding Institution
Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library
Rights
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.
City/County
Sacramento
Subjects
Railroads
Bridges
Rivers
Sacramento River
Portraits
Railroad, Southern Pacific
Collection
Sacramento Room Photograph Collection
Identifying Number
115
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