. Book of the Royal blue . HE magnificent new lail-way bridge of the Balti-more & Ohio Railroadover the SusquehannaRiver is one of the mostbeautiful and gracefulstructures of its kind. Itspans the river between Havre de Grace,Md., on the west bank, and Aiken, Md.,on the east, crossing Watsons Island,which divides the river into two west channel is approximately 2,600feet, Watsons Island 2,000 feet and theeast channel 1,400 feet, making a total length of 6,000 feet. The new bridge,which was practically completed during thepresent year, is a double-track structure,designed to permit
. Book of the Royal blue . HE magnificent new lail-way bridge of the Balti-more & Ohio Railroadover the SusquehannaRiver is one of the mostbeautiful and gracefulstructures of its kind. Itspans the river between Havre de Grace,Md., on the west bank, and Aiken, Md.,on the east, crossing Watsons Island,which divides the river into two west channel is approximately 2,600feet, Watsons Island 2,000 feet and theeast channel 1,400 feet, making a total length of 6,000 feet. The new bridge,which was practically completed during thepresent year, is a double-track structure,designed to permit the operation of theheaviest power between Philadelphia andBaltimore, and to eliminate single-trackoperation, in order to meet the large in-crease in the volume of traffic. The original bridge, built in 1886, wasa single-track structure suitable for the typeof locomotives in service at that time, butinadequate to meet the requirements of themodern type of engine. In the reconstruction of the bridge con-. SPANS OVER WEST CHANNEL THE CONCRETE PIERS ON WATSON S ISLAND NEW FREIGH2 TERMINAL FACILITIES AT WASHINGTON, D. C. 21
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