Drum Bridge

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Drum Bridge

Photo taken by Richard Doody in July 2010

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BH Photo #422525

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Description 

"According to the bronze plaque at the bridge:

SHINSHICHI NAKATANI Jigozen Mura, Hiroshima-Ken, Japan 1846 - 1922 MASTER BUILDER Commissioned by the government of Japan to create a Drum Bridge (Taiko Bashi) for the 1894 San Francisco Midwinter Fair, Designed and built the bridge in Japan, had a Shinto blessing for it and brought it to San Francisco, Sold the Nakatani family rice fields to complete the Bridge and create the Bell Gate (Shoro-no-mon) through which visitors enter the Japanese Tea Garden,"

Facts 

Overview

Bridge over Japanese Garden Creek on footpath

Location

San Francisco, San Francisco County, California

Status

Open to pedestrians only

History

Built 1893 for the California Mid-Winter Exposition of 1894

Builder

- Shinshichi Nakatani

Design

Timber arch

Dimensions

Total length: 20.0 ft.

Also called

Moon Bridge
Taiko Bashi

Approximate latitude, longitude

+37.77072, -122.46748   (decimal degrees)
37°46'15" N, 122°28'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

10/546899/4180509 (zone/easting/northing)

Inventory number

BH 81151 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• October 10, 2020: New Street View added by Doug Klingerman
• April 11, 2018: Added by Richard Doody

Sources 

• Richard Doody
• Doug K

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