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Dick's Artifacts
Photos 3
(Man-made Objects; page 3 of
5)
Bridges & Tunnels, Railroad,
Vehicles
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Artifacts
1: Gas
& Steam Engine Museum, Other Stuff
Artifacts
2:
Barns,
Windmills and Water Tanks,
Corrals, Fences & the Like
Artifacts
4: Bodie,
Mariposa,
Mendocino
Artifacts
5: Clovis,
Sacramento,
St.
Louis, Artwork
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Captions that are links take you to a
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Bridges
& Tunnels
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Along
California
Highway 70 by the Feather River
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Feather
River highway bridge, with railroad bridge below
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Old
piers of 5th Street Bridge in Mariposa CA
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dramatic double-bridge complex, first looking east, then west. Although
the bridges appear close together, the railroad bridge is actually well above
the highway bridge |
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bridge in the two-bridge complex
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Highway
bridge from the railroad grade
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Howell Bridge
at Caribou Crossroads on CA 70
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Rock
work under Howell Bridge
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Log truck crossing bridge (from Sierra Telephone Co directory)
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Covered
bridge, Butte County CA |
Another view (both
by Susan Crandall) |
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California
Highway 1 bridge across Russian Gulch near Fort Bragg |
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Bridge
on the River Trail at San Joaquin Gorge (formerly Squaw Leap) |
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Still another view |
Wood railroad
trestle, Chowchilla River at Santa Fe Avenue, Merced-Madera County
line (main Amtrack line) |
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new angle on the San Joaquin Gorge bridge, from a trail on the south side |
Draw bridge
in Duluth Harbor
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Lift bridge
at Duluth
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Mackinac
Bridge, between lower and upper Michigan
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Footbridge
on the Shadow
of the Giants Trail, Nelder Grove |
Another Shadow of the
Giants bridge (Sierra National Forest) |
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William Sell
Bridge, Highway 49, Mariposa County CA (source unknown) |
Bridge on the Sphinx
Creek Trail, Kings Canyon National Park |
Bridges
over Crooked River gorge (old bridge is green;
red one new)
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Crooked River railroad bridge
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Bridge
on the Old Town Trail, Clovis CA |
Bridge
over the trail (or tunnel under Herndon Avenue) |
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| Bridge
across the Nature Trail at San Joaquin Gorge |
Bridge
across North Fork of the San Joaquin River at Sheep Crossing |
Bridge
over Merced River at Briceburg |
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| Temporary
bridge across Merced River bypassing Ferguson Rock Slide |
Highway
140 bridge over South Fork of Merced River, main river in background |
Bridge
at Slate Creek, Highway 140, between Briceburg and El Portal |
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| Railroad bridge over Soquel Creek,
Capitola/Santa Cruz area |
The
Rainbow Bridge over the Chowchilla River, Road 800, Madera County
(replaced about 1985) (photographer unknown) |
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Trimmer Springs bridge over
Sycamore Creek at Pine Flat Lake, Fresno County, CA |
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| The
bridge near the southern approach to Parkfield |
The
bridge north of town on the Parkfield-Coalinga Road |
A
closer look |
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| William
Sell Bridge construction, Highway 49 over East Fork, Chowchilla
River (Hazel Estel photo) |
View
of the bridge from nearby vista point (Hazel Estel) |
Bridge
from below in 2009 showing original bridge (Susan Crandall |
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view shows why the structure won an award for design (Crandall
photo) |
Royal
Gorge Bridge over Arkansas River in Colorado (Hazel Estel)
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Royal
Gorge Bridge from below |
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| Bridge
over the Colorado River in Rocky Mountain National Park |
Mississippi
River bridge in New Orleans (Teri Liddle photo) |
Bridge
on Highway 1 in Oregon |
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| San
Mateo Bridge, Bay Area |
Bagby
Bridge, Mariposa County, early 20th Century |
Iconic
Bixby Creek Bridge on State Highway 1 in Big
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bridge on California Highway 1 replaces one destroyed by a rock
slide |
Rustic
bridge on White Rock Road in Mariposa County
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Foot bridge over Old Friant
Road near the San Joaquin River
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A very
small bridge on the San Joaquin River Trail
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Tunnel just above
Yosemite Valley on Big Oak Flat Road; note red car entering in
first photo and emerging in second one |
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| William
Sell Bridge, with a dusting of snow on the highest hills |
A
closer look at the bridge |
Trimmer Springs Road bridge
over Sycamore Creek from high above |
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| Piedra
Road bridge over the Kings River below Pine Flat Reservoir |
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| Bridge
at the start of Rancheria Falls Trail near Huntington Lake |
Teri
on the bridge over Granite Creek, Kings Canyon National Park |
Bridge
over the Kings River on the Zumwalt Meadow trail |
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| Dick
on the bridge across Sheep Creek above Kings Canyon |
Swinging
bridge over the South Fork of the Merced River at Wawona |
Bridge
over the Rogue River at Gold Beach, Oregon (J. Lemos) |
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| Boardwalk
on the hiking trail east of Courtright Reservoir |
Bridge over a small
branch of the San Joaquin River near Lost Lake |
Bridge
on the Corral Trail, Henry Coe State Park |
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| March
2017 views of the William Sell
Bridge from the old road that runs beneath it |
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| The
old road and bridge, still used for access to nearby homes |
Bridge
over Big Creek on Trimmer Springs Road |
A
distant view of the Big Creek bridge |
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| Bridge
over the San Joaquin River between North Fork and Auberry (by Wes
Thiessen) |
Bridge over Dinkey Creek
at Balch Camp |
Bridge across the
Feather River at Belden |
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Trail
bridge at Belden Rest Stop on Highway 70 |
Wawona
swinging bridge, July 2017 |
Bridge on Orr
Springs Road west of Ukiah |
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Bridge built on a fallen redwood
log in Montgomery Woods State Reserve |
Rotted
logs on this boardwalk have been replaced with deeply grooved lodgepole trunks |
Bridge
over the Kings River above Kirch Flat Campground
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Cliff Bridge across North Fork of
the Kings River below Lake Wishon |
Bridge
over Burney Creek, McArthur-Burney State Park |
Bridge on the Shoreline Trail,
China Camp State Park by San Pablo Bay
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Bridge on the Chimney Tree Trail
at Nelder Grove, Sierra National Forest |
Trail
bridge at Ahwahnee Hills Preserve |
Rustic bridge on the Oakhurst River Parkway
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New for 2021, a bridge over
Lewis Creek above Corlieu Falls |
Deteriorating
old boardwalk next to the new
one on the Cliff Lake Trail at Courtright |
It's more dirt than board
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The Lewis Creek Bridge began to
sag and
was replaced with one that does not
quite reach all the way across the channel |
A
much better bridge over a nearby tributary |
Bridge in Dinkey Creek area
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The bridge was closed to vehicles |
The
bridge was badly damaged by the
snows
of 2023 (Channel 47 photo) |
Bridge
over Dry Creek Canal in Clovis |
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Railroad |
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Caboose at
Parkfield CA
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Amtrack arriving in Fresno
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Train passing through Mojave Narrows
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Engine
45 on the famous Skunk
Train from Ft. Bragg to Willits CA
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The
Skunk Train's colorful tender
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More
of the Skunk Train's rolling stock - the "motorcar" |
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Skunk going
around a curve
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Skunk train
engine's driving wheels
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Engine on
display at museum near Skunk Train station
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Engine
on display at Ione CA
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"Whistling
Billy" at Coulterville, Mariposa County CA
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On
the Royal Gorge train, Canon City CO
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Rolling
through the Gorge
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BNSF
freight train crossing trestle at Berenda Slough & Santa Fe
Avenue
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Tank
cars on the BNSF line
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| Tim, Teri
& Mikie Liddle in the California State Railroad Museum in
Sacramento, 2001 |
Train going through
Bakersfield in the 1960s |
Wood railroad
trestle, Chowchilla River at Santa Fe Avenue, Merced-Madera County
line |
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| Interurban railroad
from Toledo west to Metamora OH (photographer unknown) |
The
Chattanooga Choo-Choo |
Train
going over the Tehachapi Mountains near Keene, CA
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Trestle over the San Lorenzo River
in the Santa Cruz Mountains
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Amtrak
near Santa Fe Avenue and White Rock Road in Merced County |
Caboose
at Raymond CA (Jennifer Neely photo) |
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| Elevated railroad line near St. Louis Missouri |
Fort
Bragg Skunk Train passenger car |
Yosemite
Sugar Pine Railroad near Yosemite |
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The railroad switching
yard at Barstow CA |
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Durango to Silverton
Steam Train in Colorado |
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Vehicles |
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Classic cars on display at
the 2006 Huck Finn's Jubilee in Victorville |
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Ford V8 Grill |
Studebakers
headed to Texas for rehabilitation
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The Kissmobile visits Arches National
Park (drivers gave out samples!)
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Classic cars on display at
the 2006 Plymouth Bluegrass Festival |
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1930
Ford at Parkfield Bluegrass Festival
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Popcorn wagon at
Huck Finn Bluegrass Festival in Victorville
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Gail Fitch's 1955 Milk
Truck
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Ford 1930 Model A Sport
Coupe
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The Ford C600
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Jets parked at
Mojave Airport
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Steve
McCullough's Harley
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Old truck at Bass Pro
Shop, Baton Rouge LA
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A red
and white beauty from the past
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Old
tractor at San Martin-Ludewig Ranch Park
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Close-up of metal
tread
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Ford Model A at annual
car show, 2009 Plymouth Bluegrass Festival
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1955 Ford Crown
Victoria
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The
Mighty Samson
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A true antique - the
Stanley Steamer
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1928 Graham Brothers truck
was used on a ranch in San Diego County
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1921-23 Harley J model
at Parkfield, May 2010
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A
blue antique beauty at Parkfield
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Antique
fire engine at Auberry CA, Fresno County
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The
state fire agency claims the CDF lettering is forgery
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Tired
Jimmy at Parkfield
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Model
T Truck
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same truck, two years later |
1914
Ford at MCHS Centennial in 2014 |
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Ford
truck in field by Auberry Road, Fresno County CA
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Model
of old motorcycle |
Something
to dig with |
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1931 Harley
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Surry
with a fringe on top |
Undertaker's
wagon in Mendocino County Museum |
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The truck can run on roads or
railroad tracks
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Close-up
of the railroad wheel |
Antique
Fire Truck at the Fresno County History Museum on the fairgrounds |
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Log truck on Interstate 5 in
northern California
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Hay
truck on I-5 |
Log
truck driver tightens the load before heading out to the sawmill |
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Ancient truck by old Route 66 in Barstow
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Log truck
on Mt. Raymond Road near Fish Camp |
A
trailer load of snow, Road 620 near Oakhurst |
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This bulldozer and disc sit
rusting off Highway 168 by the Buckeye Helipad
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Double
decker coffee shop |
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| Jet at Nellis AFB, Las Vegas |
Old stage at Wawona in Yosemite
National Park
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