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Bridges -- Oregon -- Portland -- Design and construction -- Photographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Fremont Bridge construction slides

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 99
Abstract

Small collection of slides taken for the Oregon Department of Transportation, depicting the center-arch span of the Fremont Bridge in Portland, Oregon, being hoisted into place in March 1973. The images show the 6,000-ton steel span being floated by barge down the Willamette River and lifted 175 feet, which, at that time, was the heaviest bridge lift ever completed.

Dates: 1973 March

Photograph of railroad yard and construction of Steel Bridge

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1089
Abstract

Photograph taken in Portland, Oregon, that shows the roofs of buildings in the foreground at left, a rail yard at right, and the Steel Bridge under construction in the distance. The Steel Bridge over the Willamette River opened July 21, 1912, for trains and August 12, 1912, for automobiles.

Dates: circa 1912

William G. Swigert photographic collection on the construction of the Morrison Bridge

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 649
Abstract

Collection consists of 37 black and white photographs, 1904-1905, depicting construction of the second Morrison Bridge in Portland, Oregon, by the Pacific Construction Company.

Dates: 1904-1905