Built in 1929 on the site of two previous rail trestles dating as far back as 1871, the trestle spans 1300 meters of the Kettle Creek valley at the west end of The City Of St. Thomas, Ontario. The towering structure was built to withstand the weight of two full steam locomotives on separate tracks, a major engineering achievement of its time. It was originally built for the Michigan Central Railway, which traversed Southwestern Ontario from Detroit to Buffalo. The rail corridor is no longer in use and the bridge along with four kilometres of the corridor has been purchased with the intent of developing it into Canada’s first elevated park.
Glad it's going to be put to good use. I was hoping it might be used as in our Rails-to-Trails program.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting- glad it will be put to good use.
ReplyDeleteThe park sounds like an interesting project. I would like to see how it turns out.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing what they built back in the 20's without the modern machinery we have now. Nice shot!
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