NYC 1931 Big Four Railroad Construction, Terre Haute

rhensley_anderson Feb 23, 2010

  1. rhensley_anderson

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    Railroad construction workers work on bridge 205.5. The bridge is still in a skeletal stage, its supports still braced.
    Martin Collection

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  2. fitz

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    Roger, is that a RR over RR bridge? If so, which line is the Big Four? I have no knowledge of Big Four history other than that learned from you and LEW.
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  3. rhensley_anderson

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    It's a RR bridge over a RR. Note the water tank at the left of the photo.
    As to whether the twin tracks under the bridge are Big Four, I can only guess. I'm attaching another photo of the same time. It doesn't answer the question, but it is a good photo showing the end of the bridge over the Wabash River.

    "Looking west from the Wabash bridge shows a track switch that is newly completed. The construction materials can be seen on the side of the tracks.
    Martin Collection"

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    Thanks. I should have known, with the water tower there. :tb-sad:
     
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    You know it is unfortunate that some photos only come with just enough information to make it useful but not really good. Its just like the top one. I know that the railroad crossing the two lines is the Big Four, but I don't know what the other one is. Yes, it can be the Big Four, but I can't say that!

    Oh. well.
     

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