Interurban Electric Railway Bridge Yard Shop, Interstate 80 at Alameda County Postmile 2.0, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Summary
Significance: The Interurban Electric Railway (IER) Bridge Yard Shop has been determined eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, significant under criteria A and C, as a rare surviving element of the IER, for its historical association with the Bay Bridge, and as an excellent example of International Style theory and design as applied to industrial buildings.
Survey number: HAER CA-164
Building/structure dates: 1938 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
California Department of Transportation
Interurban Electric Railway
Southern Pacific Railroad
Harriman, E H
Smith, Francis M. "Borox"
Oakland, Alameda & Berkeley Railway
Maul, David, transmitter
Location
West Oakland (Oakland, Calif.), 37.80436, -122.27111
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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