Okanogan Steel Draw Bridge, ca. 1910
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Title
Okanogan Steel Draw Bridge , ca. 1910
Photographer
Matsura , Frank , 1873-1913 .
Description
Once the location of the bridge crossing near T Street (later Tyee Street) was approved by the War Department , contractors began building the bridge in early 1909 . Completed in 1910 , its length spanned 200 feet across the Okanogan River , and was supported by two large columns on either end . A riverboat hauled in steel--brought all the way from Pittsburgh--before the ice grew too thick . The Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company of Seattle furnished and installed all cement work , and local flour mill owner , Charles Ostenberg , won the contract to supply the wood approaches for the bridge . It had a 47 foot clearance (to accommodate boats on the Okanogan River) , and took 42 tons of steel and 14 tons of cement .
Subject
Bridges--Washington (State)--Okanogan ; Carriages & coaches--Washington (State)--Okanogan ; Horses--Washington (State)--Okanogan ; Rivers--Washington (State)--Okanogan ; Snow--Washington ( State)--Okanogan ; Winter--Washington (State)--Okanogan
Date
1910~
Type
Image
Genre
Photographic prints
Location
North and Central America--United States--Washington (state)--Okanogan county--Okanogan
Identifier
pc035b2f27n03
Source
Is found in PC 35, Frank S. Matsura Collection https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/pc35.htm at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Rights Notes
No known copyright. Item went into public domain 70 years after the 1913 death of the author.
Restrictions
For permission to publish please contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335-6691 or the Okanogan Historical Society (509) 422-4272
Format
Original photographic prints were scanned as 300 dpi TIFF files on a Microtek 9600XL scanner. 72 dpi JPEG files were then added to the CONTENT database at the WSU Libraries.
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