RE: [CBQ] Interesting Discovery

[HOL WAGNER <holpennywagner@msn.com>]

There will be coverage of this bridge in my last Bulletin for the BRHS, written by Jerry Lundeen and covering in great detail the joint Q-Milwaukee Road subsidiary, the Davenport, Rock Island & Northwestern (DRI Line), as well as a few Q operations in the Quad Cities.  This is the famous weight0restricted bridge that kept the last Burlington G-4 0-6-0, the 1650, in service into the early 1950s.
 
Hope everyone had a great Christmas!
 
Hol
 

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To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: kmartin537@surewest.net
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2011 09:18:01 -0800
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Interesting Discovery

 

Dave,

Interesting indeed. Here is a link ot another article on it.

http://www.bridgehunter.com/il/rock-island/sylvan-island-rail/

Zoom in on the satelite version of the map.

Ken Martin

Merry Christmas to all.

On Dec 25, 2011, at 7:29 AM, Dave Lotz wrote:

Hi All,

A week or so ago, Bill Ewinger sent me some images that Gary Seifken had sent him.  They are photos of a remaining portion of the ORIGINAL 1868 CB&Q Mississippi River bridge at Burlington!!!  It is said to have been floated upriver, shortened, and placed in its current position in 1891.  I’ve compared it to the images I have of the original bridge and it is a match.  Here is the link for all to view: http://www.johnweeks.com/river_mississippi/pagesB/umissBR14.html

Dave

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