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Centennial Bridge

Tehama County, California

Photos 

Centennial Bridge

Photo submitted by Craig Philpott

BH Photo #223704

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Sacramento River on CA 36
Location
Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
Status
Lost
History
Built ca.1890 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company, Replaced 1938
Builder
- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Railroad
- Streetcar
Design
Pinned Pratt through truss with pony truss approach
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.17806, -122.23111   (decimal degrees)
40°10'41" N, 122°13'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/565461/4447803 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Red Bluff East
Inventory number
BH 51033 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,637)
8-panel truss (655)
Built during 1890s (3,390)
California (2,804)
Finials (233)
Lally columns (419)
Lattice Railing (667)
Lost (31,822)
Lost 1938 (153)
Lost during 1930s (1,275)
One-lane traffic (8,123)
Owned by state (16,770)
Pin-connected (5,428)
 Pony truss (17,555)
Pratt pony truss (4,132)
Pratt through truss (6,417)
Pratt truss (10,848)
Rail-and-Road (403)
Railroad (17,008)
Red Bluff, California (7)
Sacramento River (53)
Streetcar (292)
Tehama County, California (62)
Through truss (19,040)
Truss (38,327)
Wrought Iron Bridge Co. (468)

Update Log 

  • August 1, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • June 19, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added categories "One-lane traffic", "8-panel truss", "Lattice Railing", "Finials", "Lally columns"
  • May 30, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • September 21, 2020: New photo from Art Suckewer
  • November 23, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
  • April 11, 2013: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added builder and circa date
  • January 22, 2012: Added by Craig Philpott

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Comments 

Centennial Bridge
Posted September 21, 2020, by Art S. (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

The newspaper suggests the original 1876 bridge was a Howe truss. Thus, likely a wooden, covered truss bridge.

Alternately, its possible the Howe part is wrong but the pictures suggests a slightly later bridge. Probably replacing the 1876 Howe.

Regards,

Art S.

Centennial Free Bridge
Posted January 5, 2019, by Michael S McCarty (ruggermike [at] charter [dot] net)

Another correction of wrong information concerning the builder ( contractor ) of said bridge.

Red Bluff Sentinel 15th July, 1876 ( again "period" paper )

Centennial Free Bridge
Posted January 5, 2019, by Michael S McCarty (ruggermike [at] charter [dot] net)

And a "period" article from the Red Bluff Sentinel 2nd December, 1876

Centennial Bridge
Posted January 5, 2019, by Michael S McCarty (ruggermike [at] charter [dot] net)

To correct some of the miss information:

The "Centennial" Free bridge was called that for a reason, as it was built during the nations 100th birthday in 1876.

I included an article from the Sacramento Daily Union 3rd January, 1884 concerning the said bridge.