Taken at the south side of the California Avenue Bridge during construction. A truck dumping concrete into the bin where it is loaded into sub-marine buckets and place in the foundation by use of a derrick. The California Avenue Bridge was originally, designed to carry streetcars. It was replaced by the City of Pittsburgh in 1928 with a 642 foot span also known as the Robert McAfee Bridge.
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2002, AIS.1971.05, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
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Woods Run (Pittsburgh, Pa.); California Avenue (Pittsburgh, Pa.); California Avenue Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.); Bridges-Design and construction--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Identifier
715.262131.CP
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Public Domain - Anybody may use this photo for any purpose
