Wednesday, October 6, 2021

1909 Trail/Milwaukee Trestle over Clear Creek and Tunnels near Falcon, ID

Clear Creek Trestle: (Bridge HunterSatellite)
Clear Creek Tunnel #1: (Bridge Hunter; Satellite)
Clear Creek Tunnel #2: (Bridge Hunter; Satellite)

Justin Smith posted
View of a large construction crane on a partially constructed railroad trestle, tunnel visible in the background. Pacific Coast Extension of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad through Montana and Idaho, showing erection of the Clear Creek bridge or viaduct along Loop Creek in Shoshone County, Idaho close to the Montana border. Likely photographed by Harry English. 1908-11. Courtesy Montana Historical Society.
Cheryl McCain Teed: Go to the Northern Pacific Train Depot and Museum in Wallace and you can see a lot more about how this was built! Great museum!
[I noticed that that town also has a mining museum.]

Joe Dockrill shared

Dennis DeBruler commented on Joe's post
If you zoom in, you can see the sides of the towers.
47°20'58.7"N 115°39'03.4"W

Chris Metz photo via BridgeHunter-#1

This topo map helped me locate the tunnels on a satellite map.
1956 Saltese Quadrangle @ 1:62,500

Satellite plus Paint

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