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Show Splash of 500-Ton Anchor Starts Bridge c ' , '. ' ' ' , ' ' 1 ,i , :i SW;.&- : ! ,ih v - v s ' . . .-..,. - .- - i , .-,:;v. . nil ii iVi i " " . ii.--"-y:irA.Mlir - First of 44 concrete anchors, 52 feet long and weighing 500 tons apiece, is shown being dumped into 200 feet of water in Pudget sound, beginning construction of two main piers for a mile-long span across the narrows at Tacoma, Wash., Lines from the anchors will run to steel caissons in which the piers will be cast. The project will cost $6,400,000 |