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- 日195–196
- 2025年10月25日 9:46〜2025年10月26日
- 1泊
- ☁️ 9 °C
- 海抜: 249 m
アメリカChicago41°53’1” N 87°37’50” W
Day 23: Grand Rivers to Pebble Isle
10月25日〜26日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Today we travel about 70 miles up most of the extruded length of Kentucky Lake, crossing into the great state of Tennessee and beneath Highways 68 and 79 in the process.
It's an 0730 departure underもっと詳しく
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70 miles along Kentucky Lake. Easy peasy...
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You can get to Nashville (and past there) on the Cumberland.
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In 1852, the Louisville & Nashville Railroad chartered and secured right-of-way from Paris, TN to Guthrie, KY. The last link of this route was completed when a bridge was constructed across the Tennessee River at Danville around 1861. Rail transportation through this area didn’t pick up until the late 1800s. Most of the trains carried passengers, but soon freight was being hauled across the line. The L&N Railroad saw potential in the Danville Bridge and built a large transfer station on the banks of the river in 1914. The transfer station, also called a wharf, was unique in design. It contained six levels with the bottom three being open for boats carrying cargo to unload their goods from the river. The lower levels accommodated the water level fluctuation of the river. Two 20 hp elevators lifted cargo from the lower levels to trains docked at the fourth level. Primary commodities were peanuts, grain, limestone, iron, and cotton. The entire process was all under one roof. The original railroad bridge built in 1861 was aging and a new one was needed. Construction on a replacement bridge began in 1931, during the Great Depression and was completed in 1932. It featured a vertical-lift span to accommodate steamboats and barges. Up to 24 trains per day passed through Danville in the 1930s. There was a steamboat landing, several stores and saloons, a post office, hotel, and Masonic hall. However, in 1937, Danville and the lives of its 120 residents changed with the announcement of Kentucky Dam on which construction started in Gilbertsville, KY, the following year. The entire town was to be flooded permanently, including the transfer station and the existing railroad. The L&N Railroad Bridge had to be raised to accommodate the new lake. A temporary wooden bridge was constructed adjacent to the existing bridge as a makeshift detour for trains.