bigbrian24
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Columbus rd swing bridges,before the lift bridge was built in 1940.
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Erie railroad bridge over the cuyahoga across from central furnaces. Removed?
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Carter rd. Lift bridge
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Big four railroad bridge built in 1920. Torn down? Next to the Lorain Carnegie bridge.
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B&O railroad bridge number 464 next to shooters.
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Some more of the B&O jackknife bridge number 463.
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1983. Thom Sheridan photo
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Some more of the original Cleveland Union Terminal on the lake front early 1900s.
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Another view of the original innerbelt bridge being built late 1950s. Fred Bultman photo
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Original innerbelt bridge being built in background. Foreground is the Erie railroad literary st. Yard. Sherwin Williams co. Linseed oil plant on west 3rd st. West 3rd st. Lift bridge. And the chimney stacks are the power plant for sherwin Williams. 1950s. Fred Bultman photo
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1950’s the original Cleveland Union Terminal on the lake front.
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Another view of the mouth of the Cuyahoga.
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These are Hulett ore unloaders of the Central Furnace’s. They are painted in bicentennial colors for are nations 200th birthday in 1976.
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This is the Cleveland union terminal railroads East Cleveland station on Euclid and superior ave. You can also see the new superior rapid transit station of the Cleveland transit co. Before it was taken over by RTA in the 1970s. Pic is about 1955 or 56
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Mouth of the cuyahoga river before the New York central railroad built the lift bridge in 1956 for better water navigation. And the new bridge would be double tracked. The swing bridge was tangent tracked meaning only one train could cross at a time. Was a bottleneck to railroad operations.
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This is the B&O railroad bridge that is in the permanent upright position next to shooters in the early 80s. Last time the bridge was used was 1985.
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Bridge #1 of the New York Central RR. Being built at the mouth of the Cuyahoga river. Original crossing swing bridge behind the new bridge. Late 50s. Fred Bultman photo
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Penn central rr. Riverbed yard. 1974. Not my photo
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Baltimore & Ohio railroad Jack knife bridge ,single track brand new 1956 on the right. Built by American Bridge Co. unpainted. Double track Rolling lift bridge on left built 1906,demolished soon after the new bridge went into service. Reason the new bridge was built, to make the river wider for the shipping industry. Lake boats were being made longer. Narrow opening was hard to navigate thru. Fred Bultman photo.
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Erie railroad coal dumper loading a laker 1940’s.Torn down late 1950’s. Riverbed rd. Is next to the tracks. Unknown photographer.
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This is the Erie Lackawanna railroad which ran down to the old riverbed to their ore docks. They are taking empty hoppers to be loaded back to the docks which they stored at literary st. Yard. Or in North Randall yard which was an ore storage yard. The red arrow is the intersection of Columbus rd. And riverbed rd. Riverbed, is next to the train,which is no longer open these days. Above on the bridge is an original Pullman Standard bluebird rail car built for Cleveland transit system,before it became RTA in the 70’s. The EL rr. Was one of the bankrupt railroads formed into Conrail in 1976. This pic is from the early 1960’s. Unknown photographer
Red arrow is the Cuyahoga scenic valley steam engine and train which originally operated out of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad yards on west 3rd and Quigley rds. The blue arrow was originally J&l steel works hot strip mills. Now steelyard commons. The yellow arrow is the basic oxygen furnace of j&l steel . Then LTV née arcelormittal. Now Cleveland-Cliffs integrated.
This is where the RTA waterfront rail line runs now. But originally was the big four railroad route. First railroad built in Cleveland. Penncentral railroad at this time which was in bankruptcy. Biggest corporate failure in 1970 up to that time. Eventually became Conrail in 1976 which merged 6 bankrupt northeast railroads in to one carrier. Bad times for railroads back then. Second pic is a New York central switcher in basically the same spot but looking north toward the lake. In the late 50’s. Before merger with Pennsylvania RR. To become Penncentral RR. Which turned out to be a disaster.
