Title:
Bridge over Merced River, about 8 miles south of Turlock, California.
Creator:
Heald, C. A.
Subject:
Bridges -- California -- Turlock
Rivers -- California
Chester Bridge (Turlock, Calif.)
Description:
Photograph of one of the early bridges that were built over the Merced, Stanislaus, Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers in Merced
and Stanislaus Counties beginning in the 1890s. The early bridges needed to accommodate both the high waters of seasonal
flooding and steamboats that used the rivers to transport people and goods. Verso: Chester Bridge, approx.[sic] 1 mile east
of present Milliken Bridge, Merced River.
Publisher:
California State University, Stanislaus. University Library. Special Collections
Date:
circa 1905
Type:
image
Format:
1 postcard; 9 x 14 cm.
Identifier:
cturs_110
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Merced River (Calif.)
Rights:
public domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.