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Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

The yacht basin on Lake Oroville, above the city of the same name. The reservoir was created by damming the Feather River

The yacht basin on Lake Oroville, above the city of the same name. The...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoir created by the damming of the Feather River above Oroville, California

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoi...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. This bridge was the first steel suspension bridge in California. Completed in December 1855, from materials transported from Troy, New York via Cape Horn.... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoir created by the damming of the Feather River above Oroville, California

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoi...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. This bridge was the first steel suspension bridge in California. Completed in December 1855, from materials transported from Troy, New York via Cape Horn.... More

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoir created by the damming of the Feather River above Oroville, California

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoi...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. This bridge was the first steel suspension bridge in California. Completed in December 1855, from materials transported from Troy, New York via Cape Horn.... More

The "new" (1967) Bidwell Bar bridge carrying traffic on California Rt. 162 across Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoir created by the damming of the Feather River

The "new" (1967) Bidwell Bar bridge carrying traffic on California Rt....

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The bridge is built a mile and a half upstream from the original lower, shorter bridge's location. At the time, the new bridge was one of the highest sus... More

View of Lake Oroville, a reservoir above the city of Oroville created by the damming of the Feather River

View of Lake Oroville, a reservoir above the city of Oroville created ...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

The "new" (1967) Bidwell Bar bridge carrying traffic on California Rt. 162 across Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoir created by the damming of the Feather River

The "new" (1967) Bidwell Bar bridge carrying traffic on California Rt....

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The bridge is built a mile and a half upstream from the original lower, shorter bridge's location. At the time, the new bridge was one of the highest sus... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

The old, stone tollhouse at the original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoir created by the damming of the Feather River above Oroville, California

The old, stone tollhouse at the original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake ...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. This bridge was the first steel suspension bridge in California. Completed in December 1855, from materials transported from Troy, New York via Cape Horn.... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

The yacht basin on Lake Oroville, above the city of the same name. The reservoir was created by damming the Feather River

The yacht basin on Lake Oroville, above the city of the same name. The...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoir created by the damming of the Feather River above Oroville, California

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoi...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. This bridge was the first steel suspension bridge in California. Completed in December 1855, from materials transported from Troy, New York via Cape Horn.... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Michelle and Bill Gentry (and their four-legged friend) cross the original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoir created by the damming of the Feather River above Oroville, California

Michelle and Bill Gentry (and their four-legged friend) cross the orig...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. This bridge was the first steel suspension bridge in California. Completed in December 1855, from materials transported from Troy, New York via Cape Horn.... More

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoir created by the damming of the Feather River above Oroville, California

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoi...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. This bridge was the first steel suspension bridge in California. Completed in December 1855, from materials transported from Troy, New York via Cape Horn.... More

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoir created by the damming of the Feather River above Oroville, California

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoi...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. This bridge was the first steel suspension bridge in California. Completed in December 1855, from materials transported from Troy, New York via Cape Horn.... More