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Water Street Bridge Fact Sheet

Date: Undated
Source: This fact sheet originally appeared on the City of Santa Cruz's Web site.
Type: ARTICLE

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The Soquel Avenue Bridge

Date: 1999-02
Source: Excerpt from the City of Santa Cruz Public Works Department's "Soquel Avenue Bridge Project Fact Sheet", February 1999.
Type: ARTICLE

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Covered Bridges

Date: 1979
Source: This article is a chapter from Ghost Towns of the Santa Cruz Mountains, by John V. Young. Western Tanager Press, c1979, c1984.
Type: ARTICLE

A Street in Santa Cruz

Street with horse and carriage and a covered bridge in the background

Date: circa 1906
Source: Bartholomew, Bart
Type: PHOTO

Railroad Trestle by Pier

Date: circa 1906
Source: Bartholomew, Bart
Type: PHOTO

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The West Cliff bridge was built in 1918 by the Southern Pacific Railroad over its tracks near Washington and Beach Streets. The wooden bridge is 62 feet long and was constructed using the 1840 truss design patented by William Howe.

Date: 1992
Type: PHOTO

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Riverside Avenue Bridge

Riverside Avenue Bridge which crosses the San Lorenzo River. The view is looking east from Third Avenue.

Date: Undated
Type: PHOTO

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City workers using a crane on the Riverside Avenue bridge

City workers using a crane on the Riverside Avenue bridge to try to loosen a log jam. The photo is taken during one of the storms of 1983 that caused the San Lorenzo River to flood.

Date: 1983-01-03
Type: PHOTO

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Tyrrell house near Seabright Beach

View of the Tyrrell house (far left) near Seabright Beach. The bridge spans Pilkington Gulch, named for landowner Thomas Pilkington or his sons, J.A. Pilkington or T.B. Pilkington.

Date: Early 1900's
Type: PHOTO

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Collapse of Soquel Avenue Bridge in the 1982 flood

The Soquel Avenue Bridge collapsed in the flood of 1982. The view is looking towards Front Street.

Date: January, 1982
Type: PHOTO

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