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George Lortz

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Building Lafayette Bridge
« on: May 17, 2016, 04:45:30 pm »
The attached photo appeared on eBay as "Lafayette railroad bridge".  Any idea which bridge it is?

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Tom Kepshire

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Re: Building Lafayette Bridge
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2016, 11:14:51 pm »
Just a SWAG, but it looks like it is being built for double tracks.  The Monon Wabash River bride was never double tracked, so that leads me to believe that is the Big Four. No proof, just a guess.
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Robert Wheeler

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Re: Building Lafayette Bridge
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2016, 04:32:54 pm »
It appears to be a single track temporary bridge if it's at Lafayette. The  Big-Four/Nickel Plate and Monon Bridges were both truss type and were built before (and survived) the 1913 Flood. The Wabash did not cross the Wabash River until farther west (South) at Attica.

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