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Mossdale Bridge
Mossdale Bridge or Mossdale Railroad Bridge is a vertical-lift bridge, vertical-lift railway bridge spanning the San Joaquin River in the city of Lathrop, California. The original Mossdale swing bridge, completed by Western Pacific Railroad (1862-1870) on September 6, 1869, was the first bridge built across the San Joaquin River as well as the last link on the first transcontinental railroad from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, as authorized in the 1862 Pacific Railway Acts. The 1869 wooden Howe truss swing bridge at Mossdale was rebuilt in 1895 with steel through truss, while retaining the swing bridge design; it was entirely replaced in 1942 with the current lift bridge design. History A sharp bend in the San Joaquin River slowed its current to a crawl, allowing sediment to deposit, making the riverbed shallow, and producing a perfect place for a safe Ford (crossing), ford and a popular fishing grounds for the indigenous Yokuts, centuries before the California gold rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lathrop, California
Lathrop (, ) is a city located south of Stockton in San Joaquin County, California, United States. The 2020 census reported that Lathrop's population was 28,701. The city is located in Northern California at the intersection of Interstate 5 in California, Interstate 5 and California State Route 120, California State Route 120, in the San Joaquin Valley. History Lathrop was developed around railroad interests. The town was founded around 1868 when the first transcontinental railroad was extended to the area after a dispute between the president of the Central Pacific Railroad, Leland Stanford, and the Stockton, California, City of Stockton. The two parties had struck a right-of-way agreement to build a railroad through Stockton, but when city officials delayed in deciding where the alignment should go, Stanford decided to instead build the railroad around Stockton and set up a new town along the route. The new town was platted into 16 subdivisions around the site of a train ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
