Then and Now

Great Trestle

Left image
Distant View of the Great Trestle, 1869
Credit: A. J. Russell photograph courtesy of Oakland Museum of California.

Right image
Distant View of the Great Trestle, 2020
Credit: NPS Photo

The Great Trestle in Promotory, UT in 1869 on the left. The same shot taken in 2020. The trestle was in use for less than a year. Nothing remains except the abutments.
 

 

Engine on Great Trestle, 1869

Left image
Engine on Great Trestle, 1869
Credit: A. J. Russell photograph courtesy of Oakland Museum of California.

Right image
No-Engine on Great Trestle, No Great Trestle, 2020
Credit: NPS Photo

1869-Engine on Great Trestle, Promontory, Utah 
2020-No Engine on the Great Trestle as well as No Great Trestle. Wood from the trestle was quickly repurposed after the trestle was abandoned
 

 

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