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Bridge Hunter, no Historic Bridges,
John A. Weeks III)
"The Illinois River Bridge was built in 1913." [Dave Crociani comment on a
post]
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Bo Duke posted
Tom behringer making Pekin s/b |
Tom Stolze
posted two photos with the comment:
My last post from Pekin until we return next Spring.
Pekin Railroad Bridge from the water..
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Craig Moline posted
C&NW Illinois River Bridge April 1993. |
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Craig Moline posted
C&NW Illinois River Bridge June 1993. With widespread flooding in the Midwest several trains from other railroads detoured here.
Winston Dunbar: I was driving trucks over the road that year. We had to divert from St Louis all up through Illinois and Wisconsin to get to Minneapolis because all the river bridges through Iowa were flooded out. The water was well over the bottom beams of the Eades Bridge in St. Louis, too. |
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Craig Moline posted
C&NW Illinois River Bridge June 1993. River was flooded like many others in the Midwest then.
Michael Matalis: Great to see views of this rarely seen bridge. |
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Craig Moline posted
C&NW Illinois River Bridge June 1993. This was likely a UP detour from St Louis. They needed a C&NW locomotive in lead because it had automatic block cab signals used by C&NW in Chicago area. |
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Tim Eaker posted
Lower Pekin Railroad bridge. Looking down river
Tim Eaker posted again along with an image of a 10-cent bond for the Illinois river Railroad Co. |
Bille Marcum
posted six photos with the comment: "Pekin, Illinois. Some photos from a roofing project we completed in 2022."
Dan Kalfas: Climbing to grease the counterweight wheels at the top of the towers I encountered a wasp nest. I seriously thought of jumping into river. Wound up climbing up to tower platform with wasps stinging me the whole way up. That was a bad day. 😦
Bille Marcum: Dan Kalfas we battled what seemed like 1,000,000 wasps during this project.
Dan Kalfas: Spent a lot of time working on that bridge. I remember when Tracy Templleton fell of and bounced on the ice below, around 35 foot, then the railroad starved him out on his disability claim. He did get his claim after several years. This was in early 1980s.
Scott Wenger: I grew up half a mile away. Before it was automated, it was manned 24/7. I knew one of the workers. Used to visit up there often.
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Howard Keil
posted some shots from a boat that includes several detail shots.
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