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NYC/CCC&St. L - New York Central/Big Four, CIND Subdivision - Indiana & Ohio, CIND Subdivision
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A CL&A car is crossing the Great Miami River on the ca. 1884 highway bridge, looking east. The single-track Big Four Railroad's bridge is visible to the right, which reused the supports from the Cincinnati & Whitewater Canal aqueduct from the late 1830s or early 1840s. Both of these bridges were destroyed by the flood of 1913, which washed away every bridge over the Great Miami between the Ohio River and Dayton. The horse and wagon are on Valley Junction Road, which sits on a part of the canal the railroad elected not to use. This was stop #112. Since Cleves was stop #54, it appears the Harrison Branch stop numbering started at 100 to differentiate it from the mainline. Prior to the 1903 abandonment of the Miamiview route, this was already 1.5 miles into the Harrison Branch.
From "Along the Line," a promotional booklet published by the CL&A, provided by Bill Van Doren.
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