Damage at Moss Landing caused by lateral spreading. San Francisco Earthquake. Monterey County, California. 1906.
Dates
Date Taken
1906
Summary
Album caption: Damage at Moss Landing caused by lateral spreading. Damaged railroad bridge. Photograph previously published in Lawson and others (1908, pl. 135A) with caption "Lurching of ground toward Salinas River, to left, carried piles from beneath bridge timbers and caused bridge to collapse. Displacement 9 feet (2.7 m). Monterey County, California. 1906. Published as figure 12-A in U. S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 993. 1978. (Not available from U. S. G. S. Photo Library. Photograph by A. C. Lawson, courtesy of The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley).
Summary
Album caption: Damage at Moss Landing caused by lateral spreading. Damaged railroad bridge. Photograph previously published in Lawson and others (1908, pl. 135A) with caption "Lurching of ground toward Salinas River, to left, carried piles from beneath bridge timbers and caused bridge to collapse. Displacement 9 feet (2.7 m). Monterey County, California. 1906.
Published as figure 12-A in U. S. Geological Survey. Professional paper 993. 1978. (Not available from U. S. G. S. Photo Library. Photograph by A. C. Lawson, courtesy of The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley).
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Youd, T. Leslie. Collection.
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