Bill, you're right. The bridge had to be built by one of the Q's ancestors.
Thanks for pointing that out.
Duncan
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Ewinger
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] rail bridge over the Des Moines River at Keokuk
I have always heard the K&D be refuther to as the Keokuk and Des Moimes of
the rock island hertiage and the ran parrelle to the Des Moines river and did
not have to cross it to get into Keokuk
Bill EWinger
Burlington Iowa
--- On Fri, 3/25/11, archie hayden <kliner@mywdo.com> wrote:
From: archie hayden <kliner@mywdo.com>
Subject: Re: [CBQ] rail bridge over the Des Moines River at Keokuk
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, March 25, 2011, 11:41 PM
Duncan, Do you have Bernie Corbin's K&W book? Page 29 may help sort
out a little of the question. It seemed to be a joint ownership
between the K&W and the StLK&NW. Archie
On Mar 25, 2011, at 4:22 PM, Duncan Cameron wrote:
> Sorry for the cross posting but I'm throwing the net as widely as I
> can.
> I'm working on my notes on Keokuk's railway history and came up
> against a gap I can't fill.
> Who built and owned the first rail bridge over the Des Moines River
> at Keokuk?
> Initially the Mississippi Valley and Western Railway Compnay used
> trackage rights over the K&D to enter Keokuk.
> It seems they did have a small amount of track in Iowa at Buena
> Vista (near Keokuk) so it seems logical that they built the bridge.
> It (or its replacement) is now owned by BNSF.
> Does anyone have any details?
> Duncan Cameron
>
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