Lemon Creek Bridge - Slocan, BC
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 49° 42.302 W 117° 29.329
11U E 464754 N 5505950
This old Railroad bridge has seen better days, but...
Waymark Code: WMHAV3
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 06/16/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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This old Railroad bridge has seen better days, but it still leads a productive life. The railbed and bridges, culverts, etc. of The Slocan Valley Railway, abandoned by the CPR in 1993, are now the components of The Slocan Valley Rail Trail.

This bridge would have been built at the time of the building of the railway, beginning in 1897. It is a steel truss bridge of about 150 feet. This was a very common style of bridge of this size in that era.

Lemon Creek is one of the dozens of creeks that the railway crossed on its journey up the valley from its junction with the mainline at Crescent Valley. It is about 7 km. south of the village of Slocan.

Parking is available north of the bridge at the coordinates below, or about 1/4 mile south of the bridge.
Parking Coordinates:: N 49° 42.352 W 117° 29.275

Date Built: 01/01/1897

Length of Span:
150 feet

www:
http://slocanvalleyrailtrail.ca/
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