Bay Bridge
[Roadbed - S.F. - Oakland Bridge. Piggot Photo] 1087. Roadbed before paving installed.
Construction
Contains 3716 photos
Bay Bridge
Cable bundles being grouped on Bay Bridge, at San Francisco anchorage on Rincon Hill.
Rincon Hill
Bay Bridge
[S.F. - Oakland Bay Bridge - Placing Collar on cable for holding the stringers. Piggot Photo 1090]
Bay Bridge
Construction view of spinning suspension span cables on San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. [Cable Spinning, S.F. Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island. Piggott 1081]
Yerba Buena Island
Bay Bridge
[Setting 'Squeezer' in place around completed cable, Yerba Buena Anchorage. Piggott Photo 1085] Hydraulic compressor in use.
Yerba Buena Island
Bay Bridge
[San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Measuring 8 1/4 miles in length, this double-decked bridge will carry 6 lanes of Auto traffic on the upper level and 3 lanes of Trucks plus 2 Electric Railway lines on the lower level. Maximum ship clearance 218ft. Cost $77,600,000. Expected date of completion Nov 1st, 1936.]
Rincon Hill
Bay Bridge
Aerial view of both spans of the Bay Bridge under construction from over South of Market. Yerba Buena Island. [Bird's-eye view of S.F. - Oakland Bay Bridge - Piggott Photo 1110? Copyright 36]
Financial District
Bay Bridge
[San Francisco Bay Bridge. Piggott Photo 1112] View northeast from near Bryant and Beale with Bay Bridge under construction, suspending roadbed. Joseph Magnin Warehouse, One Harrison (1918, George Applegarth architect).
Rincon Hill
Bay Bridge
[S.F. - Oakland Bay Bridge. Piggott Photo 1129] View looking east from Rincon Hill
Rincon Hill
Bay Bridge
[S.F. - Oakland Bay Bridge Cantilever span and world fair site. Piggott 1161 Copyright 1936] Aerial view of early construction work on Treasure Island. Alcatraz in distance.
SF Bay
Bay Bridge
Aerial view looking northeast from over downtown San Francisco to Bay Bridge and western approach still under construction. [San Francisco and Bay Bridge. Piggot 1167 Copyright 36]
South of Market
Bay Bridge
View east on upper deck to carsars and pedestrians on cantilever section. [Top deck of East Bay span - Bay Bridge. Piggott 1186 Copyright 36]
SF Bay
Bay Bridge
View east from Yerba Buena Island towards cantilever section of Bridge. [East Bay Cantilever Span of S.F. - Oakland Bay Bridge. (Upper Deck). Piggott Photo 1191]
Yerba Buena Island
Bay Bridge
View through Yerba Buena tunnel looking east to cantilever section of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.[East end of Bay Bridge Tunnel (World's Largest) Yerba Buena Island. Piggott 1195 Copyright 1936]
Yerba Buena Island
Bay Bridge
Construction worker looking west over railing of suspension section to city skyline [San Francisco from Bay Bridge. Piggott Photo 1206]