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Bridge Hunter;
Satellite, a couple of miles east of Westville, IL over the
Vermilion River)
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BridgeHunter
A view of the trestle and the then current mode of transportation. The bridge that they will cross is barely visible on the other side of the trestle towers. |
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| eBook via BridgeHunter, 1908 |
While paging through the eBook to find a page number for the above photo (page 601), I found some more photos of this bridge.
An artist rather obviously added a work train to the above photo.
The footing by the river is almost covered up by trees.
Jim Bryant
posted seven images with the comment:
Jenkins Ford Bridge, east of Westville, Illinois, was built in 1906 for the Chicago Southern Railway; removed in 1987. In its day it was considered the tallest bridge in Illinois. Built by Chicago Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois (also known as Chicago Bridge & Iron Co).. Railroads lines that operated in its day were the Chicago Southern Railway (CSRY)- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW), Chicago, Terre Haute & Southeastern Railway (CTH&S)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 200.0 ft.
Total length: 1,600.0 ft.
Tim Shanahan shared
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The removal of the bridge in early 1980's. |
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Construction of both bridges in 1906. |
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This picture was taken in1906. This was the south bridge which provided a right of way for civilians to get across the river. To the right and adjacent was the railroad bridge which is seen at the right of the picture. |
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The aerial view was taken in 1940. |
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The same overhead view from what it looks like presently, the blue line showing where the railrlroad line ran. Two concrete girders are barely visible juat past Vermilion River. |
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