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California & Oregon - Tehama Bridge
Photo
The First Tehama Railroad Bridge
From the Tehama County Genealogical and Historical Society website
Photo courtesy of the Tehama County Museum
View this photo at tcghsoc.org
BH Photo #200508
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Howe through truss bridge over Sacramento River on California & Oregon Railroad
- Location
- Tehama, Tehama County, California
- Status
- Destroyed by flood
- History
- Built 1871, "Washed out" 1881, Replaced 1898
- Railroads
- - California & Oregon Railroad
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Design
- Timber Howe through truss with a timber cable stayed swing span
- Also called
- Sacramento River Railroad Bridge
California & Oregon Railroad Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.02863, -122.11928 (decimal degrees)
40°01'43" N, 122°07'09" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/575147/4431305 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Los Molinos
- Inventory number
- BH 48872 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Related Bridges
- UP - Sacramento River Bridge (Successor)
Sources
- Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Tehama County Genealogical and Historical Society - City of Tehama
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Incredible picture. These old timber constuctions must have been considered rather impressive feats in their day.