[PRCo] Rankin Bridge
Fred Schneider
fschnei at supernet.com
Mon Feb 23 11:48:38 EST 2004
Taking the risk of advertising here ... "Railroad Avenue Enterprises, P. O. Box
114, Flanders, NJ has some pictures taken July 23, 1950 of cars on diversion
tracks during the construction of the new Rankin Bridge. Quality of the
photographic processing was "first off commercial" or "what you see is what you
get." fws
Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Harold Geissenheimer wrote:
>
> > Boris and Fred
> > Part of the Rankin saga was the building of the replacement Rankin Bridge.
> >
> > PRC retained rail service and built track on the Rankin side on sidewalks
> > while the bridge was under construction. PRC did a good job of working
> > with the county to keep the trolleys running.
>
> Hm. I remember seeing a picture from when the "current" Rankin Bridge was
> finished but not open at the Carnegie Library... now I just need to
> remember where, because I'm curious.
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