I didn't realize the Alico building was that old.

Cool picture. And that is a really cool book. There are two volumes of it. I highly recommend them to anyone who is interested.

And wow that is some really high water there!!

Normally the water is about 15-20 feet below the bridge. There it looks maybe 2-5 feet below.

MrGolfguy said:

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BellCountyBear said:

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I didn't realize the Alico building was that old.

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Construction started 1910, completed 1911 - Tallest building west of the Mississippi for several years after it was built

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Very interesting.

MrGolfguy said:

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BellCountyBear said:

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I didn't realize the Alico building was that old.

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Construction started 1910, completed 1911 - Tallest building west of the Mississippi for several years after it was built

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I believe it was the tallest west of the Mississippi and south of the Mason-Dixon line. Could be wrong on that though. Really cool fact either way.

It is a great book. My grandmother had the book and I used to kill n hour or so looking at it while the adults talked.

Not only was the Alico the tallest for a while but I believe the bridge was the longest suspension bridge located in the area between the Mississippi River and San Francisco.

Limited IQ Redneck in PU said:

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It is a great book. My grandmother had the book and I used to kill n hour or so looking at it while the adults talked.

Not only was the Alico the tallest for a while but I believe the bridge was the longest suspension bridge located in the area between the Mississippi River and San Francisco.

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I don't think the length of the Waco Suspension Bridge was surpassed west of the Mississippi until the Royal Gorge Bridge opened in 1929 in Colorado, followed by the St. John's Bridge in Oregon in 1931, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in 1936, the Golden Gate in 1937 and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington in 1950.

The old Tacoma Narrows Bridge
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sheikh_ahmad_zaki_Shaikh_salim/publication/308488155/figure/fig1/AS:410139392790529@1474796259190/Collapse-of-Tacoma-Narrows-Bridge-1940-USA-14.jpg

That particular flood caused quite a bit of damage to the bridge, cables and supports.

Reconstruction began thereafter to redo the deck, the cables and to reinforce and stucco over the towers to the way they appear today.