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Vaca Valley Railroad Marker - wide view
Photographer: Andrew Ruppenstein
Taken: February 26, 2011
Caption: Vaca Valley Railroad Marker - wide view
Additional Description: The marker is mounted on a low rock, just visible here to the left of the path just before what is now called the J. Robert Chapman Memorial Bridge. At this spot in 1875 the Vaca Valley Railroad built a rail and wagon trestle bridge across Putah Creek. That bridge was replaced by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1906 with a steel Pratt truss bridge. The bridge was renovated in 2006 and adapted for use by pedestrians and cyclists.
Submitted: March 2, 2011, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p146007
File Size: 1.695 Megabytes

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