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Item
Title
D28565-12
Date(s)
- 1947-07-05 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
Installation and erection of trestle for new East 34th Street bridge, Mr. Elon Ellis, Timber Structures, Inc. This elevated view looks down on the trestle from above. Several concrete columns are seen in addition to the trestle. A large pyramidical tower stands across the ravine holding the cabling that will be used during construction of the bridge. When complete the bridge will be 550 feet long and 170 feet high. The cost was $430,000.
Bridges--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bridge construction--Tacoma--1940-1950; Trestles--Tacoma--1940-1950; East 34th Street Bridge (Tacoma); Progress photographs;