Monday, December 30, 2013

Railway suspension bridge at Niagara

Robert F. Legget; Railways of Canada, Douglas &McIntyre 1973

A Great Western train crosses the suspension bridge at Niagara Falls, year unknown. The crossing must have been done slowly. I expect the flexibility of the bridge could start some frightening wave action.


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Trains across the World; Octopus Books 1972
Train crossing the bridge. 1859

also 1859

2 comments:

  1. One of the more interesting stories regarding the bridge is that it was the site of the death of former US baseball star Ed Delahanty in 1903 - the exact circumstances of how he left a train and ended up in the river are still a mystery.

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  2. I did not know that story. I'll look it up!

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