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The
Railroad Lift Bridge in Beaumont
1941 photo courtesy TxDoT Photo Library |
Construction
of the Railroad Lift Bridge, Beaumont
"This railroad
bridge was built CA 1935. The building is the Jefferson
County courthouse built in 1932. The bridge is the KCS / MP lift
bridge which is still in use. There was once a SouPac lift bridge
too but it has now been removed and SouPac (now UP) trains pass over
the KCS bridge too. The Beaumont Harbor once had a Goat Island, but
about 1955 the Neches River (where the trees to the left of photo
are) was filled in with dirt and riprap and what was once Goat Island
is now covered with docks and warehouses." - W.T.
Block, Nederland, Texas
5-20-2006
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