In a message dated 2/24/03 11:53:10 am, sdoyle19@i... writes:
>it got me wondering if the Q or smaller branchlines in Illinois or Eastern
>Iowa had any covered railroad bridges
Greetings list:
Apparently the first Chicago & Iowa bridge across the Rock River at Oregon,
Illinois, was a covered bridge. This according to a photo published in the
Oregon Republican Reporter of Oct. 1, 1986.
The photo shows the eastern span to the island and is labeled on the photo
"R.R. BRIDGE and RO[CK RIVER]" with the latter part of the label cropped off.
No train visible, but the view is westward down the track. No real
identifying features, the topography looks about right, so I pass this along
as what the paper claims it to be.
The Republican Reporter publisher had an extensive collection of old photos,
so I presume this is from his collection. The bridge was replaced by the
time of the earliest photos in my collection ca. 1905.
Regards,
Bill Diven
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