DescriptionSmith-Ransome Japanese Bridge 20220820 163010388.PORTRAIT.jpg
English: Smith-Ransome Japanese Bridge, one of the first 'reinforced concrete construction' structures built in North America by engineer Ernest L. Ransome for the mineral prospector known as the "Borax King", Francis Marion Smith.
Building/structure dates: 1898 Initial Construction
Significance: The Smith-Ransome Japanese Bridge Conservancy was created in 2015 to support the preservation and maintenance of the concrete bridge and associated sea wall which is set in a lagoon that is in current use as a boat basin called Smiths Pond.
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