Great Pacific and Atlantic Bay Bridge, in the Harbor of San Francisco connecting the counties of Alameda & San Francisco, [California].

1871

Selected prints from the James De Fremery diaries and scrapbook

BANC MSS 85/43 c (folder 129C)

Image

1 print : lithograph ; sheet 22 x 55 cm.

The Bancroft Library

Duplicate or variant in the T.W. Norris collection of the Earth Science Library (G4362.S22P3 1871.T6).
Printed title (UC). Printed (MC, below title): Last link in the great Central Pacific Railroad across the continent. Labor omnia vincit. Lenth 5 3/4 miles, width 80 feet, height above water12 feet, center draw 400 feet, 4 railroad tracks, 2 city horse car tracks, 1 carriage road, 2 pedestrial walks. Built of piles, cribs, iron stone & wire, estimated cost 3,000,000, time to complete 3 years. L.R. Townsend delt, 1871. Published by R.M. Edwards, 508 Montgomery St. San Francisco, December 1871. Respectfully dedicated to the citizens of San Francisco, Oakland & Alameda Counties. (LL, in image): Drawn by L.R. Townsend, C.E.; (LL, below image): Map of the harbor showing both sides & location of the bridge; (LR, below image): Birds eye view of bridge and surrounding shores. Lith. Britton & Rey, S.F.

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