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Oroville or Upper Thermalito, Butte County

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Inventory Number: CA/05-04-07x
County: Butte County
Township: Oroville
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Oroville or Upper Thermalito
Crosses: Feather River
Truss type:
Spans: 3
Length: 660'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1871
Builder:
When Lost: 1905 or 1907
Cause:
Latitude: N39 31.06
Longitude: W121 33.01
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Oroville or Upper Thermalito Bridge, Oroville, Butte County, CA Built 1871 Lost 1905 or 1907
Todd Clark Collection


Oroville or Upper Thermalito Bridge, Oroville, Butte County, CA Built 1871 Lost 1905 or 1907
Todd Clark Collection

Comments:
The earliest images of the bridge show a covered bridge, with two covered spans across the main river channel, plus a long covered pony truss on the north side and short connector on the south side. Later images show only the south span as covered and the two north spans were both uncovered through spans. It is unclear if the through spans were wooden trusses at this time. The bridge was evidently completely destroyed in a major flood in around 1905 (1907 according to CSU archive images), based on pictures available from the CSU Chico Digital Collections. The current steel bridge at the same location, known as the Table Mountain Bridge or Upper Thermalito Bridge, was built in 1906 after the flood. The current crossing is about 660 overall.
Sources:
Clark, Todd. Information received by email, May 2011
http://archives.csuchico.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/coll11/id/3372/rec/18

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