The Commodore Schuyler F. Heim drawbridge prior to its New Year's Day 1948 opening

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Title	The Commodore Schuyler F. Heim drawbridge prior to its New Year's Day 1948 opening
Description	Photograph of the Commodore Schuyler F. Heim drawbridge prior to its New Year's Day 1948 opening. "Gigantic portals of steel, rising over 200 feet into the air, mark the center of the Terminal Island Freeway Bridge across Cerritos Channel, near Los Angeles, California. The new span, which connects the Terminal Island Naval Base with the mainland, was erected by the American Bridge Company, under contract through its sister subsidiary, Columbia Steel Company. Both are subsidiaries of the United States Steel Corporation. To the far side of the new span, almost squatting in the water, can be seen the old bridge which has sunk four feet, jamming its lifting apparature so that ships are blocked from using this portion of the channel. Until this old bridge is raised and its workings restored, the channel will remain blocked. The new span will be ready for traffic by New Year's Day.; To allow the biggest of ocean vessels to clear the bridge, the 800-ton center span between the towers can be raised as high as 125 feet by the push of a button. The principal of this operation is four big wheels or sheaves -- one to each corner atop the towers operated by electrical motors. Each of these sheaves is grooved to handle 14 cables. In each tower a 400-ton concrete counterbalance has been placed. The wights will counterbalance the 800-ton center span. According to American Bridge Company engineers, there will be only about one ton weight strain for the motors to carry when the center span is being lifted due to precision counterbalancing of the project.; Distributed by Department of Public Relations, Columbia Steel Company, Russ Bldg., San Francisco, Calif. / 11-19-47" -- typed note attached to verso. Verso dated, "November 22, 1947". Columbia Steel Company's stamp on verso.; 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; Los Angeles
Geographic Subject (County)	Los Angeles
Geographic Subject (State)	California
Geographic Subject (Country)	USA
Geographic Subject (Manmade Feature)	Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Drawbridge
Geographic Coordinates	-118.23886,33.76717; -118.23743,33.76513; -118.23885,33.76308; -118.24091,33.76475; -118.23886,33.76717
Coverage date	circa 1947-11-19
Photographer	Columbia Steel Company
Publisher (of the Digital Version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1947-11-19
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Barcode	3-1275-02806-2090
Original Filename	EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BRI-VIA-063
Print Box	Subjects 316
Legacy Record ID	examiner-m3207
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-063
Archival file	examiner_Volume124/EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BRI-VIA-063.tiff

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