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North Portal-Section B-B - Knight's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Stanislaus River, bypassed section of Stockton-Sonora Road, Knights Ferry, Stanislaus County, CA
Photographer
Gorokhov, Pavel, creator
Title
North Portal-Section B-B - Knight's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Stanislaus River, bypassed section of Stockton-Sonora Road, Knights Ferry, Stanislaus County, CA
Depicted place California; Stanislaus County; Knights Ferry
Date 2011
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER CA-314 (sheet 6 of 9)
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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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Notes
  • See HABS No. CA-158, Covered Bridge for further information 3 photos.
  • Significance: The Knight's Ferry Bridge was built in 1863-64 to replace an 1857 uncovered wooden truss that was destroyed in a flood. This was an important crossing on the heavily traveled Stockton-Sonora Road during the California Gold Rush. The Knight's Ferry Bridge is the longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi River.
  • Survey number: HAER CA-314
  • Building/structure dates: 1863-1864 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1885 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1918 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1988-1989 Subsequent Work
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Related names:

Howe, William; Knight, William; Locke, David; Dent, John; Dent, Lewis; Grant, Ulysses S; Stanislaus Bridge and Ferry Company; Schuylkill Bridge Company; Tulloch, David; Tulloch, Charles; Stanislaus Milling and Power Company; Stanislaus Water and Power Company; US Army Corps of Engineers; Graton Associates; Federal Highway Administration, sponsor; O'Connell, Kristen, transmitter; Marston, Christopher, project manager; Marston, Christopher, project manager
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca3186.sheet.00006a
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Object location37° 49′ 10.99″ N, 120° 40′ 16″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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