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The 1873 Train Wreck Marker (<i>wide view; looking north across the Merrimac Street bridge</i>)
Photographer: Cosmos Mariner
Taken: June 24, 2017
Caption: The 1873 Train Wreck Marker (wide view; looking north across the Merrimac Street bridge)
Additional Description: The freight train was accidentally switched onto a side track that ended just before the Merrimac Street bridge, at the location where this marker is placed. The engineer reversed the engine, but it was too late. The engine took the 15-foot plunge down the embankment, crashing into Merrimac Street below.
Submitted: March 28, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p420861
File Size: 6.349 Megabytes

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