Transcription of Attachment C - CA State Parks
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ASCE Landmark Nomination MQRR Bridge Page 11 Attachment C Historic Photos ASCE Landmark Nomination MQRR Bridge Page 12 Current View of Bridge Mountain Quarries Company railroad and Limestone Quarry - Photograph Log - Page 12CA_El_Dorado_Placer_counties_Mountain_ Quarries_Company_016A hard-hat diver was used in the construction of the Mountain Quarries railroad Bridge. After reaching bedrock, the diver went down and cleaned the rock. Concrete was then poured to create a solid base for the pier. The bridge piers were not solid but built of hollow concrete boxes formed 18 thick and then filled with 1/8 to 3 uncrushed rock. The forms were poured with concrete in 3-4 foot layers. (Courtesy of the california State railroad Museum.)
(Courtesy of the California State Railroad Museum.) CA_El_Dorado_Placer_ counties_Mountain_Quar-ries_Company_017 A clam shell bucket was used to clean out the 18” thick con-crete form. After the con-crete base was completed, the bucket was used to fill the form with gravel and rock from the river. ...
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Sacramento, California State Railroad Museum, CALIFORNIA, Museum, California Museum, HISTORY, California State, Railroad Museum, California State Railroad Museum, Fulton Mall, Fresno, Fresno County, California, American Locomotive Company records, DR. THEODORE KORNWEIBEL, JR. COLLECTION, A A. H, Railroad, California railroad, State, Nameless Builders of the Transcontinental Railroad, THE ALAMEDA CORRIDOR PROJECT REDONDO JUNCTION