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Yosemite Creek Bridge (1921-1922)

Voussoir stones were dovetailed into the concrete and held in place with crossbars and a central longitudinal bar. Stones are rectangular in shape and vary in size so that an irregular pattern of horizontal and vertical joints result.

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Photograph by Brian C. Grogan, 1991, National Park Service, Historic American Engineering Record. [Library of Congress reproduction number: HAER, DLC/PP-95:CA-6 (HAER CA-102-6)]


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