hickspics65
Rock Island Great Falls Rail Road Bridge
"Rock Island" is a nearby community in White County, Tn. The nearest post offices are Rock Island, Tn. 38581 and Walling, Tn. 38587.
Googlemaps has a pretty good street view of this bridge taken at several spots on the Rock Island road highway bridge.
This bridge was built for the Memphis & Charleston RR on its disconnected branch line from Tullahoma, Tn. to Sparta, Tn. The end of track can be seen on Googlemaps at "Depot St.," Sparta, Tn. The depot is still there but the tracks stop short.
The bridge crosses Great Falls Lake (1917) on the Caney Fork River.
The bridge piers were raised (1922), when the dam was raised by 35 feet, to provide clearance over the lake. The concrete caps are visible on top of the original stone piers.
A pier on the south side of the lake has a stone plaque set into the stonework describing the railroad company and the officials involved.
This branch line was accessed over the Nashville & Chattanooga R.R. (later N.C. & St. L. Ry. > Louisville & Nashville R.R. > CSX) from the M&C connection with the Southern Ry. (now Norfolk Southern) near Chattanooga, Tn.
Today the railroad track and land is owned by the Tri-County Railroad authority and operated by the Caney Fork & Western RR.
Rock Island Great Falls Rail Road Bridge
"Rock Island" is a nearby community in White County, Tn. The nearest post offices are Rock Island, Tn. 38581 and Walling, Tn. 38587.
Googlemaps has a pretty good street view of this bridge taken at several spots on the Rock Island road highway bridge.
This bridge was built for the Memphis & Charleston RR on its disconnected branch line from Tullahoma, Tn. to Sparta, Tn. The end of track can be seen on Googlemaps at "Depot St.," Sparta, Tn. The depot is still there but the tracks stop short.
The bridge crosses Great Falls Lake (1917) on the Caney Fork River.
The bridge piers were raised (1922), when the dam was raised by 35 feet, to provide clearance over the lake. The concrete caps are visible on top of the original stone piers.
A pier on the south side of the lake has a stone plaque set into the stonework describing the railroad company and the officials involved.
This branch line was accessed over the Nashville & Chattanooga R.R. (later N.C. & St. L. Ry. > Louisville & Nashville R.R. > CSX) from the M&C connection with the Southern Ry. (now Norfolk Southern) near Chattanooga, Tn.
Today the railroad track and land is owned by the Tri-County Railroad authority and operated by the Caney Fork & Western RR.