Hi all: Received my October MR Mag. and leafing through the pages, on PAGE 79 there is an ad for a Kalmbach book on Bridges and Trestles.
There is an excellent Picture of the STARRUCCA VIADUCT. I searched for any mention of this Stone Bridge, which is located sort of out of the way in Northeastern Pennsylvania, in Lanesboro, and is about 9-10 miles from I 81 Exit 230.
The search result took me to a post about Engineering wonders of the world, and I only found one reference to this wonder of construction.
If you look at the picture, Oct. Mrr Page 79. think how could it could be built in 1849.
The stone was from a Quarry about 7-8 miles away, they built a railroad to it and hauled the stone on cars pulled by mules. It took two or three years to build it. Three construction companies went bankrupt during its construction.
It was built for the ERIE railroad, and is still in use today. I don’t know what railroad owns it today but It has had several different trains crossing it in the last few years. Canadian Pacific, Susquehanna (which are shown in the picture) and I have seen mixtures of locomotives Including CSX. BNSF, Parked down hill from it waiting to push trains up the hill. The bridge is on a 1.8 % grade. Used to take two Steam locos Pulling and Two more Pushing on long freights. I noticed that there are 4 diesels in the picture.
