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161) Snow plow engine
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Engine clearing snow as it passes over a trestle bridge. Trees in background.
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South end of the second Avon Bridge with Buck Creek in the background. Three men are standing at the bridge entrance and one is sitting on the right side rails. Several of the men are holding lettuce crates. Used on p. 63 of Beaver Creek: the first one hundred years, by june Simonton.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Bridge over the Eagle River on Eagle Street, in Red Cliff. Taken on June 8, 1959, the spring runoff is quite hight and debris is collecting on the bridge pier. A dog appears to have found something of interest.
164) State Bridge
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By June of 1946 when this picture was taken, the bridge's "age was beginning to show and some weak places had developed and there was talk of condemnation, it being unsafe for heavy loads. So it was no great surprise to anyone when truck driver Jim Jardy hauling a heavy bulldozer mounted on a low boy found one of those weak places and dropped through. Jardy and Bernard Ginther, operator of the bulldozer, were extremely thankful that they did not go...
165) State Bridge
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View of State Bridge with the railroad tracks at midground, Colorado River in the foreground,
166) State Bridge
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Looking across State Bridge from the north side of the Colorado River.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
167) State Bridge
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Old State Bridge structure over the Colorado River in July of 1983, taken from the Trough Road east of the Bridge. The southern half of the bridge collapsed soon after this picture was taken.
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"Twice, during its useful years, sections of the bridge collapsed, once in 1929 and again in June of 1946 when this picture was taken. By then its age was beginning to show and some weak places had developed and there was talk of condemnation, it being unsafe for heavy loads. So it was no great surprise to anyone when truck driver Jim Jardy hauling a heavy bulldozer mounted on a low boy found one of those weak places and dropped through. Jardy and...
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Old State Bridge structure in July of 1983, taken from State Highway 131 (south of the bridge). The southern half of the bridge collapsed soon after this photo was taken. The State Bridge Lodge is in the background.
170) Tom Knight
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Tom Knight, standing on the foot bridge that crosses Homestake Creek in Gold Park.
Front: "on the foot bridge across Homestake Gold Park;" verso: "Tom."
171) Tomas G. Medina
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Marker for: "Our Beloved Tommy, son-father-brother, Thomas G. Medina, Mar. 6, 1961--Mar. 27, 1995; Dad, we all love & miss you very much," in Riverview Cemetery. Engraved on the stone are a photo of Thomas, roses, and the Red Cliff Bridge.
172) Town of Eagle
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A view of Eagle from the south. The Chambers Barn, now the Eagle County Historical Society Museum, can be seen in midground at the left. Bridge over Eagle River in midground, near top of photograph. Houses, sheds, and barns line the street. This photograph would have been almost exactly where the current Interstate 70 interchange is located today.
173) Twin Lakes
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A stereoscopic view of a footbridge at Twin Lakes near Leadville. This was part of the "Rocky Mountain Stereoscopic Views" series, and was published by Nast & Martin, Portrait and Landscape Photographers of Denver.
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A group of Army Reserve trucks and officers stand by in a large parking lot; trucks are presumably loaded with supplies or are prepared to carry supplies to the bridge construction site.
The Bailey Bridge was constructed in the mid 1960's (1967-1968) by the 244th Company of the 4th Engineer Battalion, United States Army Reserve based at Fort Carson, Colorado. Local men including Claude Gerard and Dan Koprinikar, county commissioners at the time,...
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Vernie Hess and Frances Tracy standing on a bridge in Gypsum.
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Woman walking away from the camera next to parked cars for the Red Cliff Bridge dedication. The guard rail is made from wooden posts with attached cable. The approach to the bridge on U.S. Highway 24 is part of the six miles of new road constructed during the project.
[Red Cliff Bridge construction photo 15]
177) Wolcott
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The concrete bridge at Wolcott, at center, over the Eagle River. The bridge was built in 1916. Railroad tracks cut through the photo, with the Wolcott community at center.
178) Wolcott
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Wolcott, Colorado, in September 1947.
The Wolcott bridge over the Eagle River is visible at midfield. It was a Luten arch bridge, constructed in 1916, and has since been replaced.
Lena Yost's father, Frank Sansosti, was the D&RG section foreman at Wolcott for many years. The railroad depot and section house are next to the tracks in this photo. The Sansosti family lived at Wolcott for 27 years.
"Frank Sansosti was born in Cosenza, Italy, on...
179) Wolcott
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A view of Wolcott from around 1922. The old cement bridge over the Eagle River is visible at the midground. Railroad tracks from the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad are also visible.
