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[REV 25-NOV-2014]
Vintage photos of:
Troubled Waters: 1864
1864. "Civil War R.R. operations, bridges and equipment -- Railway Bridge across Platt Creek (vicinity of Knoxville, Tenn.)" Wet plate negative. View full size.
Old School Virtual Reality
Half of a stereo pair, click for bigger, in a new tab:
Replacement bridges
I would assume from the contract between the substantial stone piers and the makeshift decks, that these are the replacements after the bridge burnings
Risky Business
Check out the temporary nature of the rail bridge. I don't think I would take a train over this at anything above a "creep". Pretty sketchy.
East Tennessee Bridge Burning Conspiracy
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