Daveroo
May 13th, 2012, 15:44
one of the 0-4-0tank engines that worked at the Mountain quarries mine in the American river below Auburn California,dating back to 1912,has been brought back to the canyon to be placed on the still standing "Mountain Quarries Bridge" also known locally as "no hands bridge"..alocal woman named Ina Robinson,she and her husband owned the construction company who provided the truck and trailer that moved the locomotive talked about in the linked story,was crossing the railroad bridge on her horse while participating in the western states endurance ride known as the tevis cup,100 miles from truckee ca to auburn ca on the western states trail,by horse,in 24 hrs..as she crossed the bridge,she raised her arms ,,hands high in the air and yelled loudly...LOOK NO HANDS,,and the bridge became known as no hands bridge....it was built in 1912 for the railroad,and at the time was the longest concrete arch span bridge in the USA....google it.....this railroad also had something like 18 miles of wooden tressles winding theyre way into the canyon,with a switchback up on the top near "camp flint" which became a prisoner of war camp in world war two..held german and italian troops captured in north africa..all of this is just a stones throw from my house to boot!!...google bloomer cut..its on the first transcontinental railroad just west of my house on the otherside from all of this...863 feet long..has a curve in it,and was the first use of dynimite in the usa...
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