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947 Series III Volume V- Serial 126 - Union Letters, Orders, Reports

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Statement of bridges and trestles on the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad-Continued.

Distance Name Numb Heights Length Remarks

from er

Nashvill of

e span

s of

bent

s

Miles. Feet. Feet.

53 Trestle 37 13-12 470

53.44 ...do... 2 18 40

54.19 ...do... 62 30-48 910

55.79 ...do... 70 40-72 980

56.18 ...do... 11 30-39 180

Branch Trace 1 7 24

Creek

60.05 .............. 2 8 47

63.56 Trace Creek. 2 14 216 Slightly

injured and

repaired.

64.01 .............. 1 10 20

64.61 Flood Creek 2 3 30

66.51 ...do... 3 4 35

71.44 .............. 22 18 272

73.08 Trace Creek 1 25 114 Rebuilt

four times.

74.44 Trestle 3 15 66

78 Trestle at 121 12-18 1,525

Johnsonville

Total --

------

15,956

Or 3 miles and 114 feet.

Add to this amount rebuilt, 5,366 feet, and we have a total of four miles and 200 feet of bridging and trestle on this road built by the Government. The lumber consumed in these structures amounted to 4,098,509 feet, B. M. A portion of this bringing was built by contract, amounting to $182,789.11

The following table shows the location of an amount of lumber in the buildings on this road:

For what purpose Location Lumber Shingle Remarks

s

Feet, B.

M.

House for Nashville 8,000 5,000

trackmen

House for ...do... 1,500 ----

switchmen

Tool-house ...do... 3,000 5,000

House for Section 3 7,863 5,000

trackmen

Do Section 6 5,000 5,000

Telegraph office Section 18 6,000 ---- Destroyed.

House for Section 20 5,728 5,000

trackmen

Do Section 24 15,037 ---- Do.

Telegraph office ...do... 8,500 3,500 Destroyed

and

rebuilt.

Blacksmith shop ...do... 5,000 ----

Outbuildings ...do... 800 ---- Do.

House for Section 29 10,162 ----

trackmen

Telegraph office Section 32 5,000 3,500

Do Section 42 11,000 3,500 Do.

Do Section 50 11,000 3,500 Do.

House for ...do... 4,000 ---- Destroyed.

trainmen

House for ...do... 2,800 ---- Do.

trackmen

Telegraph office Section 57 4,800 ---- Do.

Do Section 66 6,800 ---- Do.

House for Section 77 6,800 ---- Do.

trackmen

House for Johnsonvill 18,200 4,200 Do.

yardmen e

House for ...do... 25,200 22,000 Do.

engineers and

firemen

House for ...do... 28,900 21,000 Do.

station agent

Outbuildings ...do... 1,000 ---- Do.

Wheelwright shop ...do... 5,570 ---- Do.

Blacksmith shop ...do... 5,000 ---- Do.

Saw-mill ...do... 6,656 ---- Destroyed

and

rebuilt.

House for ...do... 11,800 ---- Destroyed.

carpenters

Depot ...do... 175,000 90,000 Destroyed

and

rebuilt.

House for ...do... 110,400 ----

railroad

purposes

House for track ...do... 6,540 ----

hands

House for mill ...do... 20,000 ----

hands

Upper freight- ...do... 1,097,600 566,000 Destroyed.

house

Lower freight- ...do... 165,000 ---- Destroyed

house and partly

rebuilt.

Total ........... 1,805,656 742,000


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