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Webster Street Drawbridge (1871)

Alameda County, California

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Webster Street Bridge

Replaced

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in June 2013

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BH Photo #291083

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Oakland Harbor on Webster Street
Location
Alameda, Alameda County, California
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1871; Replaced 1898
Railroad
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
Design
Through truss swing
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.79210, -122.27546   (decimal degrees)
37°47'32" N, 122°16'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/563792/4182995 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Oakland West
Inventory number
BH 62465 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,254)
Alameda County, California (76)
Alameda, California (12)
Built 1871 (110)
Built during 1870s (1,046)
California (2,362)
Center Pivot Swing Span (82)
Double-barreled (80)
Lost (23,618)
Lost 1898 (14)
Lost during 1890s (137)
Movable (2,899)
Navigable waterway (2,128)
 Oakland, California (35)
Owned by state (15,601)
Pin-connected (3,824)
Pratt through truss (5,240)
Pratt truss (9,073)
Railroad (15,074)
Relocated (847)
Replaced by new bridge (15,769)
Southern Pacific Railroad (600)
Swing (1,406)
Through truss (14,638)
Truss (32,111)

Update Log 

  • April 30, 2018: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • April 28, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added categories "Navigable waterway", "Relocated", "Pin-connected", "Double-barreled"
  • August 13, 2014: Updated by Luke: Added info
  • August 13, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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Webster Street Drawbridge (1871)
Posted April 30, 2018, by Anonymous

Postcard is of the 1898 one.