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Gookin's Falls Railroad, Rutland County

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Inventory Number: VT/45-11-42x
County: Rutland County
Township: Rutland City
Town/Village:
Bridge Name: Gookin's Falls Railroad
Crosses: Otter Creek
Truss type: Howe
Spans: 4
Length:
Roadway Width:
Built: c1851
Builder:
When Lost: probably after 1865
Cause:
Latitude: N43 36.18
Longitude: W073 00.74
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Comments: Used by the Rutland and Washington Railroad.

Gookins Falls Railroad Bridge over Otter Creek in Rutland, Rutland County, VT, built in 1851.
Rutland Historical Society Collection

Gookin's Falls Railroad Bridge, Rutland City, Rutland County, VT Built c1851 Lost probably after 1865
Todd Clark Collection

Source:
Rutland Historical Society Quarterly, volume 32 (2002), number 4, page 5

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