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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Walt: The two bridges were dead
side-by-side by alignment with the new bridge to the east, down-river side.
The ‘kink’ coming down from Columbus was due to the fact that the
Marietta & Cincinnati (B&O) had shops and the depot there in
Chillicothe before the Scioto valley came through; 1876 vs 1853 for the
M&C. The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Scioto</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Valley</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> came
eastbound/south until it crossed the river at right angles then it had to angle
west to clear the shop buildings and get over to the station area before
heading south to Renick and Lunebeck. It followed the Ohio & Erie
canal part of the way too and that influenced some of the direction
choices. <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State> 104 and the N&W
parallel the canal and the railroad used long portions of the tow path in the
1900’s from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chillicothe</st1:City></st1:place>
to Waverly. Don’t forget the main part of town was west of the
M&C shops and up against the hills to the west. So the Scioto Valley
Ry had to get close to the downtown area for the business. Today’s
bridge sits upon the right of way for the original two-track bridge washed out
in 1913. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Note that the N&W freight house sat
just north of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chillicothe</st1:City></st1:place>
depot and the <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Main Street</st1:address></st1:Street>/
US 50 overpass until a couple of years ago. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>At Renick, the <st1:City w:st="on">Cincinnati</st1:City>,
<st1:City w:st="on">Hamilton</st1:City> & <st1:City w:st="on">Dayton</st1:City>
(to become part of the B&O in 1917) crossed underneath <st1:City w:st="on">Chillicothe</st1:City>
on its way to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Jackson</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> and the coal
fields. The tracks on the east side of Chillicothe reflect (loosely) the
routes of the two railroads, CH&D and M&C, but the track were
rearranged a bunch in the 1980’s with the creation of Chessie and the
combining of the CH&D, M&C and C&O trackage. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Note also that the SV Ry picked the easy
route relative to the amount of fill necessary by jumping to the west bank of
the Scioto River above Chillicothe and going down to Waverly before jumping
back to the east side and going down to Portsmouth. The C&O Northern
Division used much more fill on its side in its quest for a low grade line
there. But, it had the advantage of being built 50 years later than the
SV Ry. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>As to the 1913 flood, it took out the
bridge at Chillicothe leaving just the abundments on the banks, washed out or
damaged the bridge at Paint Creek down by Renick, completely washed away the
northern and southern approaches to the Scioto River Bridge at Waverly Glen
Jean and rolled up the tracks at the Waverly interchange and sidings. The
tower at Glen Jean was almost undercut by scouring; its deep concrete
foundation was the only thing keeping it out of the river. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>At Vera, the bridge to the <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cincinnati</st1:place></st1:City> district had
damage to the east bank abundment and the eastern pier was undercut by scouring
so that it dropped 12-15 feet. The bridge over Brush Creek just to the
west was damaged too.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Portsmouth</span></font></st1:City></st1:place><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> had about 10 feet.of water over the entire yard.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>In the 1937 flood it was all worse although
flood control projects reduced the amount of flash flood damage. The
water was deeper by about ten feet. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The PRR published a thick book about the
1913 flood which is some hair raising reading about what flooding can do.
The PRR had both the PFtW&C and Pan Handle mainlines nearly
obliterated. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Gary Rolih<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Cincinnati</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b><st1:PersonName w:st="on">NW
Mailing List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, June 30, 2009 2:04
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> nw-<st1:PersonName w:st="on">mailing-list@nwhs.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: N&W in
1909--Bridge</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>How do the alignments of these two prior bridges look compared to
today's alignment? I have always thought that the approach to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Chillicothe</st1:place></st1:City> was somewhat of an awkward one
from the west.<br>
<br>
Whit Wardell<br>
Canal <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Winchester</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">OH</st1:State></st1:place><br>
<br>
And the new, second bridge was for the double track program and was a deck <br>
girder bridge while the previous bridge was a through truss. Unfortunately, <br>
in March of 1913, this new bridge was obliterated by the big flash flood of <br>
that date. The 1913 flood was a real biggie which wiped out most of the <br>
railroad and interurban bridges and tracks in the state of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:place></st1:State>. <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Gary Rolih <br>
<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cincinnati</st1:place></st1:City> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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