Warning - Locomotive overhead - Beloit, WI
N 42° 30.417 W 089° 01.994
16T E 332952 N 4708067
Quick Description: The Wood Family Fishing Bridge is constructed atop the trestles of an old Chicago and Northwestern Railroad bridge that spanned the Rock River in Beloit, WI. On the bridge is a replica of a Fairbanks Morse Locomotive that one walks underneath.
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 10/25/2007 9:45:43 AM
Waymark Code: WM2FFJ
Views: 42
Long Description:The marker at the East side of the bridge reads:
"A gift to the people of Beloit from the family of William S. Wood
(1862-1918), Caroline Pierpont Wood (1857-1948), and their three
sons, Hiram (1886-1962), Pierpont (1890-1956), and William
(1897-1975), all life-long residents of Beloit, Janesville, and
southern Wisconsin.
Steven P.J. Wood, his wife Colette, sister Carolyn, and
daughters Paula and Susan"
The bridge is 750 feet long and is built on an old railroad
trestle over which ran the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. At
the west end of the bridge a replica of a Fairbanks Morse
locomotive sits atop bridge trusses so that pedestrians walk under
it.