Bridge Work

Workers driving piles for bridge #40 just south of Douglas in the year 1909.  Photos provided by Richard Karschner.  

Aaron Shimer standing next to pile driver.

Workers pose next to pile driver.

Complete view of pile driver

Here is a 2010 picture with same view as above images.  Just 101 years difference.

Douglas in 1909

Looking at the south end of Douglas, with the newly constructed bridge #40 and railroad tracks in the middle of the picture.  Picture is taken about where Hubert Bourton’s house stands today. 1909 photo.  Here is a 1983 picture of a train about in the same spot just south of Douglas.