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Goat Canyon Trestle is a wooden trestle in San Diego County, California. [1] At a length of 597–750 feet (182–229 m), it is the world's largest all-wood trestle. [ 1 ] [ 8 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Goat Canyon Trestle was built in 1933 as part of the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway , after one of the many tunnels through the Carrizo Gorge ...
Beginning in 1912, construction began on the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway in the area. [13] The Carrizo Gorge portion of the line, including Goat Canyon, was the final portion to be completed. [15] A railroad tunnel of The San Diego and Arizona Railway, Tunnel number 15, was built into the side of the canyon but it collapsed in 1932. [16]
Goat Canyon Trestle is a wooden trestle in San Diego County, California. At a length of 597–750 feet (182–229 m), it is the world's largest all-wood trestle. Goat Canyon Trestle was built in 1933 as part of the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway, after one of the many tunnels through the Carrizo Gorge collapsed. The railway had been ...
OK, but the lead is still missing information like location and length, which would support the "world's largest" claim. I was thinking more along the lines of "Goat Canyon Trestle is a wooden trestle in San Diego County, California. At a length of 597 to 750 feet, it is the world's largest curved wooden trestle.
Fallen Southern Pacific Railroad cars in Carrizo Gorge, 2010.. The San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway Company traces its origins back to December 14, 1906, when entrepreneur John D. Spreckels announced he would form the San Diego and Arizona (SD&A) Railway Company and build a railroad to provide San Diego with a direct rail link to the east by connecting with the Southern Pacific (SP) lines ...
San Diego–Coronado Bridge: San Diego Bay: 1969: California: ... Goat Canyon Trestle: Goat Canyon: 1933: California: 185 ft (56.4 m) Francis Scott Key Bridge ...
The new railroad, the San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad (SDIY), which commenced operations on October 15, 1984, did not want to invest the $5.5 million necessary to repair the collapsed tunnels and bridges in the Carrizo Gorge. CZRY Shareholders Gary Sweetwood and Benny L. Wright of local construction company East County Dirt Works ...
San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway; G. Goat Canyon (Carrizo Gorge) Goat Canyon Trestle; P. Pacific Imperial Railroad; S. Santa Fe Depot (San Diego)