Wednesday, October 21, 2015

The Duhamel wooden trestle bridge, at almost 4,000 ft. long and 120 ft. high, it was the longest and one of the largest wooden bridges ever built in the world.


The Duhamel wooden trestle bridge was completed in 1910 over the Battle River 20 km southwest of Camrose. At almost 4,000 ft. long and 120 ft. high, it was the longest and one of the largest wooden bridges ever built in the world. The bridge was dismantled in 1924 after the Grand Trunk Pacific become part of Canadian National Railways and the new railway decided to use the Canadian Northern crossing of the Battle River further east.

 http://www.forthjunction.com/rail-bridges.htm  via https://www.facebook.com/groups/321577158048111/

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  1. Peter Magnus Lindskog a graduate in engineering from the university of Opsalla, Sweden brought to
    Canada four car loads of horses, wagons, farm machinery, blacksmiths tools and equipment for railroad building, Much of this was in use in the building of the CPR east of Wetaskiwin, particularly the Duhamel railroad bridge.

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