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RichmondBizSense "The original bridge across that section of the canal was destroyed in a flood in 1985. CSX built the replacement bridge by laying wooden planks atop an abandoned railway trestle, creating the version of the bridge that has been used ever since." |
This map shows the original bridge and the fact that today's bridge was an industrial railroad spur. I'm guessing that the C&O spur was used to supply coal cars to the University of Richmond. This map also confirms that what Google Maps labels as East Branch Tuckahoe Creek was the Kanawha Canal.
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1964/65 Bon Air Quad @ 24,000 |
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