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The Carquinez Strait: Gateway to California
Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: July 1, 2022
Caption: The Carquinez Strait: Gateway to California's Riches Marker
Additional Description: Captions: (background photo) Al Zampa Memorial bridge (© 2004, Caltrans); (center) Mount Diablo visible in the distance beyond the Carquinez Strait and Mare Island (1935).(middle top) A view prior to the completion of the Carquinez Bridge, the first bridge across the strait. (1927); (upper right) The world's tallest smokestack was built in 1937 at the lead, gold, and silver smelting plant in Selby, directly across the channel from here. The smokestack was demolished in 1973.
Submitted: September 8, 2023, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p748509
File Size: 4.880 Megabytes

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