Bridge supports of the North Pacific Coast Railroad crossing of Keys Estuary near Tomales, California
Photo taken by Thewellman
License: Public domain: Released by author
BH Photo #315493
Transferring amended comments from duplicate listing.
These spans are from the 1880s (not certain of exact year but 1879 used arched portal bracing of a very different appearance).
Also, this may be the source for (though unlikely based on Luke's article posting) as they are of the same basic design including portal bracing (where the original portal bracing remains):
http://bridgehunter.com/ca/sonoma/20C0005/
http://bridgehunter.com/ca/sonoma/bh43377/
http://bridgehunter.com/ca/mendocino/10C0046/
Regards,
Art S.
1) Don't remember the source, it's been 5 years since I made this page.
2) This page, which had gotten lost in the archive pipeline. https://www.sparselysageandtimely.com/blog/?p=13802
Luke,
1) What is the source for the history statement "Removed ca. 1907"? Everything I've seen says the rail service continued until 1930.
2)What is the image/info sourced from Sparsely Sage and Timely? I don't see anything applicable on the cited page.
Art, the text in those three links all mention that the two spans here came in the same batch from the GHSA as the linked spans, and that they were relocated from this location to the Shafter Branchline across Lagunitas/Paper Mill Creek at Irving in 1931 (Newspaper article), which itself only lasted a few more years (1933, per the LoC documentation for Shafter bridge.)
Sadly, I've only been able to find a picture of the Howe at Irving, and only pictures of the Phoenix truss here at the estuary.