. The street railway review . of the gorge to Queenstown Heights and tlievillage of Queenstown. about seven miles below the steelarch bridge. This is known as the Canadian Scenic gives the tourist a panoramic view of the gorge andrapids and Whirlpool Rapids. Opposite the WhirlpoolRapids the line crosses a high viaduct over what was onceone of the branches of the river flowing from this point tothe lake. The width of the gorge varies from 800 to 1,500 816 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. IX, No. 12 ft., but at the base contracts to 250 ft., and is from 250 to350 ft. deep. On this route on
. The street railway review . of the gorge to Queenstown Heights and tlievillage of Queenstown. about seven miles below the steelarch bridge. This is known as the Canadian Scenic gives the tourist a panoramic view of the gorge andrapids and Whirlpool Rapids. Opposite the WhirlpoolRapids the line crosses a high viaduct over what was onceone of the branches of the river flowing from this point tothe lake. The width of the gorge varies from 800 to 1,500 816 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. IX, No. 12 ft., but at the base contracts to 250 ft., and is from 250 to350 ft. deep. On this route one has a ^ood view of the steelcantilever bridge of the Michigan Central R. R., and thesteel arch bridge of the Grand Trunk Ry., which was builtin 1897, on the site of the old Suspension Bridge which , the work having been done without suspendingthe traffic over the old bridge. This bridge has a totallength of ft., is 226 ft. above the water, and the widthof the center arch is 550 ft. At Quecnstown Heights the. Fir, -NEW STEEL -ARCH BRIDCE. cars pass near the Brock Monument, which marks the bat-tle ground of 1812, where the Americans were defeated, andwhere the British commander, Gen. Isaac Brock, waskilled. The column of the monument is surmounted by aheroic statue of the general in full uniform; the heightabove the ground is 185 ft. From the heights tlie line of the track zigzags down thfside of the hill and on to the terminal of the new suspension bridge, which was built by the railway company dur-ing the past year. This bridge is on the site of one thatwas destroyed in 1864 and spans the mouth of the gorge andconnects Lewiston with Queenstown. The cable span ofthis bridge is 1,040 ft. and the suspended span 800 ft.; theroadway is at a height of 65 ft. above the river. The carscross the bridge and run along the cliflf above the tracksof the gorge road towards Lewiston, where connection ismade with the cars of the Niagara Gorge R. R., on whichthe return is mad
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