NC&StL = Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
The ferry caught my eye, so I found its route from Guntersville, AL, to Hobbes Island. I don't remember another railroad ferry using the inland waterway.
As we have come to expect, today the road bridge is just another UCEB (Ugly Concrete Eyesore Bridge).
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| Bridges Now and Then posted A 1948 postcard of the George Houston Bridge across the Tennessee River at Guntersville, Alabama. (Marshallco) |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on the above post The topo maps normally don't record the names of bridges. But these topos do. 1950 Mt Carmel and Guntersville Quads @ 24,000 The town is surrounded by water because of the Guntersville Dam. The railroad ferry went downriver past the Flint River. |
The ferry caught my eye, so I found its route from Guntersville, AL, to Hobbes Island. I don't remember another railroad ferry using the inland waterway.
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| 1903 Gadsden Quad @ 125,000 |
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| gvdepot_history The ferry service was discontinued in 1960. |
As we have come to expect, today the road bridge is just another UCEB (Ugly Concrete Eyesore Bridge).
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| Street View, Jul 2022 |
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