City from Bay Bridge Tower circa 1940

View west from the top of the tower toward SF [View from San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge Tower][The length of the longest span is 2310 feet and the highest tower is 519 feet above the water of the Bay. Total length of Bridge is 81/2 miles, 4 1/2 miles of this is over water. The total length of the suspension ropes is 43 miles, and the total length of the wire used in the cables is 70,815 miles.]
Photographer Unknown / Stanley A. Piltz (Greg Gaar Postcard Collection / Courtesy of Greg Gaar)




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Please cite this image:SFMemory.org / sfm001-01749
Keywords: postcard color vista bridge bay pier waterfront
Neighborhoods: SF Bay

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