Area	Basin-wide/General
Topic	Tour: Gualala Historical Photos Lower River/Bridge Series

 

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This photo shows the bridge over the lower mainstem Gualala River looking downstream taken some time late in the 19th or early in the 20th Century. The bridge was built in 1892 and was replaced in 1919. Photos provided courtesy of the Held-Poage Research Library and the Mendocino Historical Society from the Robert Lee Collection (##03976, Kjeldsen).


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This photo shows the bridge over the lower mainstem Gualala River looking upstream taken some time late in the early 20th Century. The bridge was built in 1892 and was replaced in 1919. Photos provided courtesy of the Held-Poage Research Library and the Mendocino Historical Society from the Robert Lee Collection (McNamee).


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This photo shows the bridge over the lower mainstem Gualala River with a sailboat taken some time late in the 19th or early in the 20th Century. The bridge was built in 1892 and was replaced in 1919. Photos provided courtesy of the Held-Poage Research Library and the Mendocino Historical Society from the Robert Lee Collection.


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This photo shows sail boats on the lower Gualala River, south (upstream) of the iron bridge. Photo taken looking downstream. Courtesy of the Kelly House Museum (Post card, 1445-11).


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This photo shows the bridge over the lower mainstem Gualala River looking downstream circa 1903-1905. Note that the railroad line followed the lower Gualala on the north bank. The bridge was built in 1892 and was replaced in 1919. Photos provided courtesy of the Held-Poage Research Library and the Mendocino Historical Society from the Robert Lee Collection (L03967, Rasmuson).


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This photo shows the railroad and bridge over the lower mainstem Gualala River in 1898. The train engine shown is Gualala Mill Company #2, which had no brakes but instead the engineer used the reverse gear to stop. Photo provided courtesy of the Held-Poage Research Library and the Mendocino Historical Society from the Robert Lee Collection (L#03966, Carpenter).


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This photo shows the bridge over the lower mainstem Gualala River and sail boats. The bridge was built in 1892 and was replaced in 1919. Photos provided courtesy of the Held-Poage Research Library and the Mendocino Historical Society from the Robert Lee Collection.


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This photo shows a view of twin bridges along the South Fork Gualala River sometime early in the 20th Century. Photos provided courtesy of the Held-Poage Research Library and the Mendocino Historical Society from the Robert Lee Collection (#03994, Richardson).

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