Crooked River Bridge on Trunk Railway
- Title
- Crooked River Bridge on Trunk Railway
- LC Subject
- Bridges Roads Formations (Geology)
- Description
- Oregon has over 2,500 miles of railroads. This bridge over the Crooked River is 320 feet high and has a total length of 460 feet. For its the it is considered one of the finest examples as to correct detail, and for an arch bridge is unusually rigid. It will take the weight of the world’s heaviest locomotives double-headed. There are 970 tons of steel in the arch, including the approaches, and the erecting devices weigh 80 tons. The cost o reproduce would exceed $200,000.00. To paint the bridge with one coat requires 380 gallons of paint.
- Work Type
- lantern slides
- Location
- Jefferson County >> Oregon >> United States
- Date
- 1905/1910
- Identifier
- P217:04:28
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Rights Holder
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Local Collection Name
- Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217)
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Primary Set
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Is Part Of
- Set 7 - Oregon Industries
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Modified
- 2015-02-24
- Submission Date
- 2009-07-14
- Note
- Hand-tinted
