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I was going to skip yet another steel tower trestle. But when I saw that the public can ride on this trestle, I decided it was worth noting.
The 1913 bridge is 156' high. The steam locomotive that they run was the last one commercially produced. It was built in China for $350,000. [Readers Digest, Nov 2021, p45]
Chris Ciesla posted six photos with the comment:
Bass Point High Bridge sit NW of Boone, Iowa and was originally built by the Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern, an electric interurban that ran from Des Moines to Fort Dodge and Rockwell City, Iowa.
It's still possible to ride over this bridge on the Boone & Scenic Valley RR who purchased the ;one from the C&NW in the 1960s to continue operate this section of the RR.
Dave Amo: Greatest trestle in the state.
[I wonder why Dave thinks this one is greater than the
Kate Shelley Trestle just a mile or so southwest from here.]
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1965 Boone West Quadrangle @ 1:24,000 |
This extract of the topo map has the Kate Shelly High Bridge in the lower-left corner and the Bass Point High Bridge in the upper-right corner.
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1965 Boone West Quadrangle @ 1:24,000 |
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