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==Howe Truss "Basket Bridge" 1869-1915== | ==Howe Truss "Basket Bridge" 1869-1915== | ||
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| − | Image:Avon River Bridge b.jpg | + | Image:Avon River Bridge b.jpg|An early photo of the first railway bridge across the Avon River, shown behind the covered road bridge. |
Image:Avon River Bridge & Flying Bluenose circa 1914.jpg|The [[Flying Bluenose]], [[Train No. 124]] crossing the [[Avon River Bridge]] near [[Windsor]], circa 1914. | Image:Avon River Bridge & Flying Bluenose circa 1914.jpg|The [[Flying Bluenose]], [[Train No. 124]] crossing the [[Avon River Bridge]] near [[Windsor]], circa 1914. | ||
| − | Image:Avon River Bridge c.jpg | + | Image:Avon River Bridge c.jpg|The last days of the Basket Bridge, shown behind the new steel bridge which has just replaced it. |
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Steel Truss Bridge 1915-197?== | ==Steel Truss Bridge 1915-197?== | ||
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| − | Image:Avon River Bridge c.jpg | + | Image:Avon River Bridge c.jpg|The first train across the new Steel Railway Bridge. |
Image:Train No. 98 on Avon River Bridge 1951.jpg|[[Train No. 98]] crosses [[Avon River Bridge]] in August 1951. | Image:Train No. 98 on Avon River Bridge 1951.jpg|[[Train No. 98]] crosses [[Avon River Bridge]] in August 1951. | ||
Image:Windsor Bridge.jpg|Mixed [[Train No. 96]] [[Kentville]] to [[Halifax]] crossing [[Avon River Bridge]] in August 1951. | Image:Windsor Bridge.jpg|Mixed [[Train No. 96]] [[Kentville]] to [[Halifax]] crossing [[Avon River Bridge]] in August 1951. | ||
Revision as of 17:22, 3 January 2009
Howe Truss "Basket Bridge" 1869-1915
An early photo of the first railway bridge across the Avon River, shown behind the covered road bridge.
The Flying Bluenose, Train No. 124 crossing the Avon River Bridge near Windsor, circa 1914.
The last days of the Basket Bridge, shown behind the new steel bridge which has just replaced it.
Steel Truss Bridge 1915-197?
The first train across the new Steel Railway Bridge.
Train No. 98 crosses Avon River Bridge in August 1951.
Mixed Train No. 96 Kentville to Halifax crossing Avon River Bridge in August 1951.
Freight on the Avon River Bridge heading west in August 1959.
Freight on the Avon River Bridge heading west in August 1959.
