Sunday, August 16, 2026

1913 Aban/Utah Railway Gordon Creek Trestle and Carbon Canal Aqueduct near Helper, UT

Trestle: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

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Looking West:
Shannon Bushman, Aug 2021

Looking East:
Shannon Bushman, Aug 2021

Trying to catch the curve in the trestle.
Shannon Bushman, Aug 2021

HVT Dave via BridgeHunter_trestle

Greg McDuffee posted five photos with the comment:
1913 Gordon Creek Trestle 
Carbon County, Utah
A 634ft [193m] deck plate girder,134ft [41m] above the creek. 
Built by the Utah Railway for coal mining. Long abandoned. 06~20~2026
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I think the arson fire was in 2013.
Sonny Wilson, Dec 2021

Carbon Canal Aqueduct


Carbon Canal is an irrigation canal. Once again, I'm reminded that the West has to pay a lot for water.
2014 photo by Royce and Bobette Haley via BridgeHunter_aqueduct

2014 photo by Royce and Bobette Haley via BridgeHunter_aqueduct

After the canal goes over Gordon Creek, it goes under US-6.
Satellite

1914/68 Castle Gate Quad @ 62,500

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