Colorado Public Radio5d
The history of the Royal Gorge Bridge, built 1,000 feet above the Arkansas River
For nearly a century a bridge has spanned the Royal Gorge nearly 1,000 feet above the Arkansas River near Cañon City. The ...
The New York Times6y
THE EAST TENNESSEE RAID.; Destruction of the East Tennessee Railroad, with Two Important Bridges. WHAT THE REBELS SAY OF IT.
DESTRUCTION OF IMPORTANT BRIDGES ON THE EAST TENNESSEE AND VIRGINIA RAILROAD BY UNION CAVALRY ... reported their forces at 5,000. The enemy first entered Virginia between Cumberland Gap and ...
Dayton Daily News10d
History column: The story of Hamilton’s iconic railroad bridge
The first bridge was designed by John S. Earhart, a Hamilton civil engineer who also completed the initial survey of the line from Hamilton to Oxford. A competing railroad, the Four Mile Valley ...
The Saratogian10d
RITTNER: Troy’s railroad days, Part 1
over a lift bridge, connecting to the S&S railroad at State St via an embankment (now Railroad Avenue). This was America’s first railroad junction and was a sign of things to come. They also had ...
Boise dev6d
Idaho’s Railroad on Stilts: A daring route of sky-high bridges, trestles, and tunnels
A Northern Idaho railroad stands above the rest with one of the tallest railroad bridges in the United States and its many ...
Sioux City Journal3d
Construction underway on new railroad bridge linking North Sioux City and Sioux City
Construction crews were moving dirt, along the Iowa side of the Big Sioux River, Thursday, in preparation to rebuild a railroad bridge connecting North Sioux City and Sioux City.
Troy Record10d
RITTNER: Troy’s railroad days, Part 1
American railroading began in the Capital District. On December 28, 1825, Schenectady County native (Duanesburg) George Featherstonhaugh (pronounced fen-shaw) ran a newspaper notice announcing the ...