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Powder Works Bridge, Spanning San Lorenzo River, Keystone Way, Paradise Park, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, CA

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Powder Works Bridge, Spanning San Lorenzo River, Keystone Way, Paradise Park, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, CA

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Summary

type-4 Smith Truss; 180' long; 2 span
Significance: Powder Works Bridge is the second oldest of twenty-one extant Smith truss covered bridges in the United States. It was built in 1872 for the California Powder Works, the first powder mill on the Pacific Coast, and is one of the last vestiges of the company's extensive manufacturing complex that occupied the site from 1861 to 1914. The bridge is an excellent example of the early work of the Pacific Bridge Company, a nationally significant bridge engineering firm.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1337
Survey number: HAER CA-313
Building/structure dates: 1872 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: after. 1930- before. 1939 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1967 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work

date_range

Date

1969 - 1980
person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Pacific Bridge Company
Smith, Robert W
California Powder Works
Gorrill , William Henry
Paradise Park Masonic Club
Smith Bridge Company
Federal Highway Administration, sponsor
O'Connell, Kristen, transmitter
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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