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Location: Toledo, OH - Maumee River Drawbridge (NYC)
ToledoOHMaumeeRiverBridge020495-1[CharlesGeletzkeJr].jpg "Maumee River Swing Bridge")
MaumeeRiverBridgeToledoOH10-2002[DaleBerry].jpg "NYC Maumee River Bridge Toledo OH")
The Maumee River Drawbridge was located on the LS&MS/NYC main line, east of their Central Union Terminal and Wabash Tower. The bridge is a large swing bridge controlled by a mid-bridge, overhead tower. It had the telegraph designation "MB".
Photo info: Top, the Conrail Maumee River Swing Bridge in 1995. [Charles Geletzke Jr.] Next photo, the massive, former New York Central swing bridge over the Maumee River, in Toledo, Ohio. This bridge, which is now owned and operated by Norfolk Southern, continues in use today (2019). Photo taken from the east side of the river. [Dale Berry]
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The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:
- [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
- [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
- [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
- [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
- [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI
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