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Harrison, Lynn

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Miller, Harlan D., Engineer
California Division of Highways
Golden Gate Portland Cement Company
Pacific Lumber Company
Bordwell and Zimmerman
Maul, David, transmitter
Title
CONTEXTUAL VIEW OF BRIDGE IN SETTING, LOOKING EAST FROM DOWNSTREAM. DOWNSTREAM HIGHWAY BRIDGE DATES FROM 1952, UPSTREAM RAILROAD BRIDGE DATES FROM 1913 - Van Duzen River Bridge, Spanning Van Duzen River at CA State Highway 101, Alton, Humboldt County, CA
Depicted place California; Humboldt County; Alton
Date 1991
date QS:P571,+1991-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER CAL,12-ALT.V,1-1
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The Van Duzen River Bridge, also known as the Alton Bridge, was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It represents a transitional design in the evolution of concrete arch bridges, and is the earliest surviving bridge designed under the direction of Harlan D. Miller, California's second state bridge engineer and the man most responsible for providing engineering design and aesthetic direction for California bridges between 1924 and 1940.
  • Survey number: HAER CA-129
  • Building/structure dates: 1924- 1925 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca1735.photos.011092p
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Object location40° 32′ 51″ N, 124° 08′ 22.99″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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