Rosendale Trestle facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Rosendale Trestle |
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The trestle, photographed in April 2011
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| Carries | Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, formerly Wallkill Valley Railroad |
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| Locale | Rosendale, New York, United States |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Post truss |
| Material | Steel |
| Total length | 940 feet (290 m) |
| Width | 6 ft (1,829 mm) (broad gauge) |
| Number of spans | 9 |
| Clearance below | 150 feet (46 m) above the water |
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| Fabrication by | Carnegie Steel Company |
| Construction begin | 1870 |
| Construction end | 1872 |
| Inaugurated | April 6, 1872 |
The Rosendale Trestle is a bridge in Ulster County, New York. It was completed in 1872. It also was a railroad. It is 940 feet.
Images for kids
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The original Wallkill Valley rail line, stretching from Montgomery to Kingston
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The railroad bridge as it was originally built, prior to its 1895 reconstruction
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The trestle, spanning the former Delaware and Hudson Canal, as well as Rondout Creek
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Hikers on the re-opened trestle
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View from the trestle of Joppenbergh Mountain (left), NY 213 (center), and Rondout Creek (right)
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An engineer from Bergmann Associates surveying the trestle in late 2010
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