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Folsom Crossing Railroad, Caledonia County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-03-27x
County: Caledonia County
Township: Lyndon
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Bridge Name: Folsom Crossing Railroad
Crosses: Passumpsic River
Truss type: Queen
Spans: 1
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Builder:
When Lost: Nov 1927
Cause: Flood
Latitude: N44 33.01
Longitude: W071 59.61
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Directions: Northeast of Route 114.

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Comments:
Per the Springfield Reporter, January 13, 1905, "A freight wreck occurred just before noon Monday a mile above Lyndonville on the Connecticut and Passumpsic division of the Boston & Maine railroad. A car wheel broke as the rear of the train passed through a covered bridge and six cars were piled promiscuously in the bridge and many more scattered round the outside. No one was hurt, but traffic was delayed about six hours. Passengers on the through Montreal and Boston trains were carried by."

Sources:
Springfield Reporter, January 13, 1905.
NSPCB Archives, Richard Sanders Allen Collection, Paper Files, Vermont Lists & Maps, Folder 1

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