| Peter- Your great grandfather might have run the first train over the double track second bridge bu it wouldn’t have been the 1868 bridge. A number of the spans of the 1868 bridge were reassembled as the Laramie Avenue viaduct over the Hawthorne (Cicero, Il) yard. Another span was reportedly sold to be used as a bridge over the C&NW yard at Proviso, also near Chicago. Charlie Vlk On Jan 26, 2020, at 6:40 PM, Dave Lotz <Dave_Lotz@bellsouth.net> wrote:
The first bridge that Louis shared with you was a single track bridge. An image of the second bridge, (double-track) is attached. The work in replacing it was in completed in October of 1892. The present bridge was completed in 2013. 1868 Bridge 1868 - $ 1,227,892.51 1892 Bridge Rebuild 1892 - $ 401,222.54 2013 Bridge Rebuild 2013 - $150,000,000.00 Dave From: CBQ@groups.io <CBQ@groups.io> On Behalf Of owl_man_2000 via Groups.Io
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Subject: [CBQ] Old Truss Bridge into Burlington 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 <043 - 1907 post card.jpg> <Sandy Friedman DeSalme 20130606 Facebook POB.jpg>
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