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Bridge over Shade Creek

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Posted by S&G Rute of the Silver River on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 7:17 PM
Nice. It almost lookes like the old wherehouser brige over washout creek in the upper snoqualmie Valley.
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Posted by MTCarpenter on Monday, May 14, 2007 6:17 PM
Wow!  Fantastic bridge.
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Posted by dwbeckett on Monday, May 14, 2007 5:12 PM

 kstrong wrote:
The Howe truss bridge is a kit

I built a bridge that resembels yours from a aristo kit, it lasted 10 years till the dog ate it.

The head is gray, hands don't work , back is weak, legs give out, eyes are gone, money go's and my wife still love's Me.

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Posted by Rene Schweitzer on Thursday, May 10, 2007 12:36 PM
Nice work, Kevin. Sorry it's not online. Most likely, that review was either A) not digital or B) the photo somehow was corrupt/not usable.

Rene Schweitzer

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Posted by kstrong on Thursday, May 10, 2007 12:59 AM
The Howe truss bridge is a kit from Kamloops Junction. It was a kit that I had done a review of a few years back (though not yet in the on-line archives). The low trestle leading up to it is scratchbuilt, using "common" trestle construction techniques.

Later,

K
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Posted by Ray Dunakin on Thursday, May 10, 2007 12:00 AM
Beautiful! Nice work, as usual!
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 9, 2007 6:01 PM
Great looking one at that! Was it from scratch or a kit, plans? Looks very nice!!! Thank you for showing it.
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Bridge over Shade Creek
Posted by kstrong on Wednesday, May 9, 2007 1:25 PM
I had the opportunity this past weekend to construct a proper bridge over Shade Creek on my Tuscarora Railroad.



Additional photos and a more in-depth description can be found
here.

Later,

K

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