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=The Big Joggins Bridge= | =The Big Joggins Bridge= | ||
Mile 16.5 [[:Category:Subdivision Yarmouth|Yarmouth Subdivision]]<br> | Mile 16.5 [[:Category:Subdivision Yarmouth|Yarmouth Subdivision]]<br> | ||
| − | One of | + | 44°36'3.85"N, 65°44'36.15"W<br> |
| + | One of [[The Joggins Bridge]]s near [[Digby]], just east of the [[Little Joggins Bridge]] and just west of the [[Smith's Cove|Smith's Cove Station]], one of the difficult and expensive bridges along with the [[Bear River Bridge]] and the [[Clementsport Bridge]] of the "missing link" which delayed the Digby-Annapolis connection for years. Over the years the bridge spans and pile trestle were progressively replaced by fill, eventually becoming a long embankment with a few short spans. | ||
==Structure== | ==Structure== | ||
| − | 1914: The old wooden trestle and wooden swing span have been replaced by a 120 ft. d.s. span; filled 785 ft. of the trestle approaches, renewing entirely the remaining 180 ft. of trestling. <ref>[[Canadian_Railway_and_Marine_World_-_1914-11_-_Extensive_Improvements_on_the_Dominion_Atlantic_Railway|Extensive Improvements on the Dominion Atlantic Railway.” ''CANADIAN RAILWAY AND MARINE WORLD,'' November 1914, 490.]] </ref><br> | + | 1914: The old wooden trestle and wooden swing span have been replaced by a 120 ft. d.s. swing span; filled 785 ft. of the trestle approaches, renewing entirely the remaining 180 ft. of trestling. <ref>[[Canadian_Railway_and_Marine_World_-_1914-11_-_Extensive_Improvements_on_the_Dominion_Atlantic_Railway|Extensive Improvements on the Dominion Atlantic Railway.” ''CANADIAN RAILWAY AND MARINE WORLD,'' November 1914, 490.]] </ref><br> |
1969: 285 feet long, two deck plate girder spans and with timber trestle approaches.<ref>[[1969-MemoOfGenInfo|Memorandum of General Information on the Dominion Atlantic Railway, Feb. 17, 1969, page 16, Dominion Atlantic Railway, Library and Archives Canada HE2810 D7 D7 fol.]], page 16.</ref> | 1969: 285 feet long, two deck plate girder spans and with timber trestle approaches.<ref>[[1969-MemoOfGenInfo|Memorandum of General Information on the Dominion Atlantic Railway, Feb. 17, 1969, page 16, Dominion Atlantic Railway, Library and Archives Canada HE2810 D7 D7 fol.]], page 16.</ref> | ||
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<Gallery> | <Gallery> | ||
File:YA-16.50 Big Joggins.jpg|Track plan section showing the bridge. | File:YA-16.50 Big Joggins.jpg|Track plan section showing the bridge. | ||
Image:JogginsHardy.jpg|[[The Joggins Bridge|The First Big Joggins Bridge]] with [[Digby]] in the background, circa 1900. | Image:JogginsHardy.jpg|[[The Joggins Bridge|The First Big Joggins Bridge]] with [[Digby]] in the background, circa 1900. | ||
| + | File:Big Joggins Bridge 02.jpg|[[The Joggins Bridge|The First Big Joggins Bridge]] with [[Digby]] in the background, date unknown, but before 1914. | ||
| + | File:OIC 1915 2101 3.jpg|Engineering drawing of proposed new pivot pier for approval in 1915. | ||
| + | File:Big Joggins Bridge 1925.jpg|[[The Joggins Bridge|The Big Joggins Bridge]] in 1925, now considerably shorter. | ||
Image:DAR Train 98 Smiths Cove, NS 7-3-1954.jpg|[[Train No. 98]] with Engine [[DAR2617|No. 2617]] over [[The Joggins Bridge|the bridge]] at The Joggins on July 3, 1954. | Image:DAR Train 98 Smiths Cove, NS 7-3-1954.jpg|[[Train No. 98]] with Engine [[DAR2617|No. 2617]] over [[The Joggins Bridge|the bridge]] at The Joggins on July 3, 1954. | ||
File:KeddyConlin11.jpg|[[DAR1015|No. 1015]] after collision with [[DAR1111|No. 1111]] at [[Digby]], with [[Big Joggins Bridge]] in the background July 19, 1956. | File:KeddyConlin11.jpg|[[DAR1015|No. 1015]] after collision with [[DAR1111|No. 1111]] at [[Digby]], with [[Big Joggins Bridge]] in the background July 19, 1956. | ||
Latest revision as of 22:56, 7 April 2023
The Big Joggins Bridge
Mile 16.5 Yarmouth Subdivision
44°36'3.85"N, 65°44'36.15"W
One of The Joggins Bridges near Digby, just east of the Little Joggins Bridge and just west of the Smith's Cove Station, one of the difficult and expensive bridges along with the Bear River Bridge and the Clementsport Bridge of the "missing link" which delayed the Digby-Annapolis connection for years. Over the years the bridge spans and pile trestle were progressively replaced by fill, eventually becoming a long embankment with a few short spans.
Structure
1914: The old wooden trestle and wooden swing span have been replaced by a 120 ft. d.s. swing span; filled 785 ft. of the trestle approaches, renewing entirely the remaining 180 ft. of trestling. [1]
1969: 285 feet long, two deck plate girder spans and with timber trestle approaches.[2]
Track plan section showing the bridge.
The First Big Joggins Bridge with Digby in the background, circa 1900.
The First Big Joggins Bridge with Digby in the background, date unknown, but before 1914.
Engineering drawing of proposed new pivot pier for approval in 1915.
The Big Joggins Bridge in 1925, now considerably shorter.
Train No. 98 with Engine No. 2617 over the bridge at The Joggins on July 3, 1954.
No. 1015 after collision with No. 1111 at Digby, with Big Joggins Bridge in the background July 19, 1956.
No. 1272 on an eastbound freight at The Joggins Bridge in the winter of 1988.
Eastbound snowplow extra at The Joggins Bridge in the winter of 1987. Locomotive is No. 1272 and the snowplow is No. 401032.
The Joggins Bridge September 1, 2011.
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