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From: "Louis Zadnichek via Groups.Io" <LZadnichek=aol.com@groups.io>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 23:15:31 +0000 (UTC)
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January 26, 2020

Peter - I've attached the earliest view I've come across yet of the Mississippi River Bridge at Burlington, IA. It's dated August 14, 1868.  The bridge looks to be a box truss type and it's single track. If you notice the tall smoke stack on the center swing portion of the bridge, it's for the steam-powered machinery used to turn the bridge. Best Regards - Louis

Louis Zadnichek II
Fairhope, AL

In a message dated 1/26/2020 5:07:04 PM Central Standard Time, owl_man_2000=yahoo.com@groups.io writes:

Does anyone have a photo of the old railroad truss bridge that spanned the Mississippi River from Illinois into Burlington? Also,  was it a single track  or double track bridge?

I have been told that my Great Grandfather engineered the first train across the bridge!
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Peter S. Weber
Great Grandson of CB&Q Engineer
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