SP/PE - West Basin Bascule Bridge

Photos 

Photo scanned by Metro Transportation Library and Archive

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)

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BH Photo #241911

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lost Warren through truss bascule bridge over West Basin/Turning Basin on Pacific Electric Railway/Southern Pacific Railroad

Location

San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California

Status

Removed

History

Built 1912; Removed 1955

Builders

- American Bridge Co. of New York (Per Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine, Volume 51)
- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio (Per Railway and Marine News, Volume 9)
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois

Railroads

- Interurban
- Pacific Electric Railway (PE)
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)

Design

Warren through truss bascule

Dimensions

Span length: 187.0 ft.
Total length: 187.0 ft.

Also called

PE - San Pedro River Bascule Bridge
SP - San Pedro River Bascule Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+33.75228, -118.27179   (decimal degrees)
33°45'08" N, 118°16'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

11/382209/3735416 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

San Pedro

Inventory number

BH 54137 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• July 27, 2017: New photo from Luke
• February 22, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
• February 1, 2016: Updated by Luke: Reverted default image to a clearer view.
• February 1, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
• December 16, 2014: New photos from Douglas Butler
• October 29, 2014: Updated by Luke: Refined GPS
• October 29, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
• July 18, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
• July 14, 2014: New photos from Douglas Butler
• July 22, 2013: New photos from Luke Harden
• October 23, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

• Luke
• Douglas Butler
• Electric Railway Historical Association - Pacific Electric Railway - Info
• Flickr
• Railway and Marine News, Volume 9 - Book

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