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1909 Battery Boys Build A Bridge

BATTERY BOYS BUILD A BRIDGE

Members Of Crack Artillery Corps Connect Wenonah and Sewell.

PATIENT RESIDENTS
WAITED FOR YEARS

The feat of a detachment of Battery B, Field Artillery, of Camden. in constructing in six hours a 38-foot span bridge over the deep ravine which separates Wenonah from Sewell was witnessed by hundreds of interested spectators yesterday morning, and the men were warmly congratulated upon their achievement.

1945 July Railroad Washout

You go to bed and you never think that a railroad culvert might be gone in the morning when you wake up. The Mantua Creek had more water flowing through it than the culvert could hold. The culvert and a large part of the embankment were washed away and the trestle shown in the link below was built to support the rail line.

https://wenonahhistoricalsociety.org/1957-Railroad-Trestle-over-Mantua-C...

Check out the clipping the list below. There was a big washout in 1882 also.

1945 Rail Washout Bus Shuttle From Wenonah Station

Discussion about card on eBay -- from November 2015.
Bob Thomas
November 2, 2015
People more familiar with the WHS collections may recognize this real photo post card, but it is new to me. I wonder if repairs to the railroad tracks were being made and everyone had to get transfer to buses when they reached Wenonah? If you know what was going on in the photo from what I estimate to be the 1940s please share your information. The card is currently available on ebay.

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