The largest bascule bridge in the world connects Terminal Island to the mainland, 1930

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Title	The largest bascule bridge in the world connects Terminal Island to the mainland, 1930
Description	Photograph of the largest bascule bridge in the world connects Terminal Island to the mainland, 1934. "Associated Press Photo -- Caution, please watch credit! / LA 2754 / From Los Angeles / Single man operates it -- The largest bascule bridge in the world is located near Los Angeles, connecting Terminal Island with the mainland. So perfectly is it balanced that a man, by his own strength, can raise or lower it. It was completed only a few years ago and traffic has increased to such an extent that propositions are under consideration to abandon the structure and dig traffic tubes beneath the channel. / lsk-435p-5/13/30-miss.r.west cx 6ny neg" -- typed note attached to verso. "Received. Examiner reference library" -- stamped on verso, dated, "May 15, 1930".; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Subject (File Heading)	Los Angeles -- City -- Bridges And Viaducts
Geographic Subject	islands: Terminal Island
Geographic Subject (City or Populated Place)	Long Beach
Geographic Subject (County)	Los Angeles
Geographic Subject (State)	California
Geographic Subject (Country)	USA
Geographic Coordinates	-118.23902,33.76717; -118.23696,33.76531; -118.23885,33.76289; -118.24091,33.76512; -118.23902,33.76717
Coverage date	1930-05-13
Photographer	Associated Press
Publisher (of the Digital Version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1930-05-13
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Barcode	3-1275-02806-2173
Original Filename	EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BRI-VIA-067
Print Box	Subjects 316
Legacy Record ID	examiner-m3161
Part of subcollection	Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
Part of collection	Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961
Rights	University of Southern California
Access Conditions	Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu; phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343
Repository Name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository Email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BRI-VIA-067
Archival file	examiner_Volume124/EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BRI-VIA-067.tiff

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