Object Type: Folder
In Folder: Newport Bridge construction photographs, 1969
East side span catwalk removal. Location of camera: Deck; Direction: Looking West.
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East back span catwalk removal. Location of camera: Deck; Direction: Looking East.
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West back span catwalk removed. Location of camera: Deck; Direction: Looking West.
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West tower dismantling of equipment underway. Location of camera: Deck; Direction: Looking East.
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Cable band caulking. Location of camera: Deck; Direction: Looking North West.
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Adjustment of finger joint over cable bent. Location of camera: Deck; Direction: Looking East.
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Main span looking east from top of west tower. Location of camera: Top 1W; Direction: Looking East.
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Main span from roadway. Location of camera: Deck; Direction: Looking East.
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Sidespan from Pier 2E. Location of camera: Deck; Direction: Looking East.
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Tower saddle. Location of camera: Top 1W; Direction: Looking North.
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Aerial beacon stand, top of tower. Location of camera: Top 1W; Direction: Looking North.
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Top of 1W tower from roadway. Location of camera: Deck; Direction: Looking East.
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Side span truss system. Location of camera: Deck; Direction: Looking West.
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Painting railing on approach spans. Direction: Looking west northwest.
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Overall [general] shot [of bridge] from east shore. Direction: Looking west.
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Compressor and sandblast unit on suspended span. Direction: Looking northwest.
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Overall [view of bridge] from causeway. Direction: Looking northwest.
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Tram system carriage hauls shop-fabricated parallel-wire strand above footwalk toward west tower of The Newport Bridge. The carriage, in effect, replaces the old "spinning wheel" of the conventional method of constructing parallel-wire bridge cables wire by wire. In the new Bethlehem Steel system many parallel wires are erected and adjusted at one time. In background is Jamestown, R.I. West approach to the suspension bridge is at left. Photo No. 50001A-98 868160
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