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Spaghetti Monster Strikes Fremont Bridge

June 25th, 2008 @ 2:28 am by Cliffe | Sorted Photo Exposureborder
Raise your virtual hand if you were at the Solstice Parade in Fremond last weekend. Even better than the bikers, was the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Check out the pictures here if you missed it. What a great float — and those spaghetti tentacles! Brilliant. In addition, Anna ran Beat The Bridge last month and sadly, the bridge beat her! It was for charity though — so all is well. Who made all this possible? A number of engineers, builders, and workers from 1917. Check the plans and photos of the Fremont Bridge being built.
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Fremont Avenue Bridge plans. Apr 24, 1914. Courtesy Engineering Department Photographic Negatives, Seattle Municipal Archives.
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Fremont Avenue Bridge under construction. Sep 6, 1916. Courtesy Engineering Department Photographic Negatives, Seattle Municipal Archives.
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Fremont Avenue Bridge under construction. Oct 31, 1916. Courtesy Engineering Department Photographic Negatives, Seattle Municipal Archives.
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Fremont Avenue Bridge under construction. Nov 16, 1916. Courtesy Engineering Department Photographic Negatives, Seattle Municipal Archives.
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Fremont Avenue Bridge under construction. Mar 31, 1917. Courtesy Engineering Department Photographic Negatives, Seattle Municipal Archives.
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Fremont Avenue Bridge being paved. May 1, 1917. Courtesy Engineering Department Photographic Negatives, Seattle Municipal Archives.

5 Responses:

  1. Cliffe wrote:

    Michael Attebery e-mailed me and let me know that this Dave Matthews album cover shows him on the Fremont Bridge:

    http://www.amazon.com/Some-Devil-Dave-Matthews/dp/B0000C3GZ2

    Pretty cool.

    Cliffe

  2. Anna wrote:

    I think it’s unfair to state that the bridge beat me! The line to start was so long that I didn’t get running until 2 minutes in!

  3. Cliffe wrote:

    Anna! What the devil are you doing here?? SECURITY!!

  4. John Eddy wrote:

    The same engineers et al did the University Bridge as well as the Fremont Bridge? I mean, the Beat the Bridge race is the University Bridge, not the Fremont (unless there’s another Beat the Bridge race…..)

  5. Cliffe wrote:

    You are correct. My mistake. This invalidates the already tenuous connection in my post. Let’s just strike this post.

    Cliffe

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