Moore, Jack B 1975-07-00

Jack B. Moore discusses the construction of the Regency suspension bridge in Mills and San Saba counties. This is the bridge featured in the weekly television travel/documentary program, "Texas Country Reporter." Note: This tape is slightly distorted.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Jack B. Moore

Additional Parties Recorded: None

Date: July 1975

Location: Abilene, Texas

Interviewer: John E. Moore and T. Lindsay Baker

Length: 15 minutes

Abstract

Tape 1, Side 1: Bridge construction, Activities, Catwalk, Cables, People who worked on the bridge, Steel towers, Falsework, Employee pay scale, Days off, Equipment, Recent advances, Concrete mixer, Ability to support traffic, Excavation work, Ground bridge set in, Number of workers, Construction, Traffic.

Tape 1, Side 2: Blank

Range Dates: 1939-1975

Bulk Dates: February-October 1939

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