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Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
D9413-5
Date(s)
- 1940-01-26 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Construction of the first Narrows Bridge. View of the west end concrete cable anchor block. The large concrete block is as "large as an ordinary house" and anchors the cables at the west end of the bridge. Each cable is made up of 6,308 wires. When completed, the bridge will have the third largest center span in the world. ( T. Times Special Edition, 2/27/1940)
Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Bridge construction--Tacoma--1940-1950; Puget Sound (Wash.); Suspension bridges--Tacoma;