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The bridge and the incline railway were listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 2, 1983. The official government registration papers indicate that the city of Cañon City had become the owner of the bridge and incline railway at some point since the 1940s, besides owning the land they leased to the Royal Gorge Bridge ...
Escalante Canon Bridge: 1890, 1908, 1938 removed 1994-07-22 Delta: Delta: Camelback Through Truss Fourth Street Bridge: 1891 1985-02-04 removed 2010-1-14 Canon City: Fremont: Pratt Through Truss Fifth Street Bridge: 1933 removed 1994-07-22
City or town Description 1: Fourth Street Bridge: Fourth Street Bridge: February 4, 1985 (#85000207) January 14, 2010: 4th St. Cañon City: Now a pedestrian bridge adjacent to 4th Street. Removed from the Register due to relocation [6].. 2: Howard Bridge
The movie Canon City (1948) depicts the real-life 1947 escape of 12 prisoners from nearby Colorado State Penitentiary. [38] A diner in Cañon City is the setting of the song "Navajo Rug", which was named by the Western Writers of America as one of the Top 100 Western Songs of all time. [39]
The Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad (F&CC) was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge railroad running northward from junctions with the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad at the mill towns of Florence and later moved to Cañon City, Colorado, on the banks of the Arkansas River, up steep and narrow Phantom Canyon to the Cripple Creek Mining District, west of Pikes Peak.
The Royal Gorge is a canyon of the Arkansas River located west of Cañon City, Colorado.The canyon begins at the mouth of Grape Creek, about 2 mi (3.2 km) west of central Cañon City, and continues in a west-northwesterly direction for approximately 6 mi (9.7 km) until ending near U.S. Route 50.
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The Royal Gorge Route Railroad operates trains year-round through the Royal Gorge from Cañon City, Colorado to the western terminus in Parkdale, Colorado. The train is a destination attraction that carries passengers under the Royal Gorge suspension bridge. [7] David Romano is the general manager. [8]