In a message dated 11/3/05 9:12:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com writes: > Interesting point. But since we have evidence that Bridge 59 is west of > Bridge 60 and Bridge 61 is east, the lingering question remains as to where > was Bridge 1 located? And how far east did the numbering go? And via > which route did the numbering scheme follow (to Hampton, to Hoboken)? My first note got lost in the sauce, but the numbering of bridges predates all of what's been talked about here and seems to have begun with the original DL&W in the 1850s. Taber references Bridge 60 in the 1870s photo in his book, and I recall reading about Bridge 60 in one of the two 19th Century-written histories of Lackawanna County; Hollisters of 1857 is the one that comes to mind though I loaned my copy and don't have it to reference. Bridge No.1 should be somewhere around Great Bend, Pa., and the original connection with the Erie. The numbering of bridges seems to be sequential rather than based on mileposts. Interesting topic, and I'm surprised some documentation of this hasn't surfaced among the surviving Lackawanna files somewhere. Mike Del Vecchio The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------ End of EL List Daily V3 #1824 *****************************
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