Re: D&RG Grading Through Platte Canyon...
Posted by chtrout on
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1881 S.W. Eccles map of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway showing the D&RG "Acequia Cut-Off" grading and proposed routes along the South Fork of the South Platte, with one proposed route branching off at Lidderdale (not labeled) and extending southwest over the Calumet Divide to Brown's Canyon; the second route following the South Platte into South Park, then just north of Salt Works, turning southwest and heading down Trout Creek Pass to Nathrop, with an intended destination of Buena Vista; and the third route instead continuing northwest over Hoosier Pass to Breckenridge, to connect with the existing "Blue River Extension." Based on newspaper reporting of the time, it appears that Trout Creek Pass become the "preferred" route.
As with all maps of this early period, there is some distortion in South Park, but this will give the general idea of the proposed alternate routes as envisioned in the 1879 survey.
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1881 S.W. Eccles map of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway showing the D&RG "Acequia Cut-Off" grading and proposed routes along the South Fork of the South Platte, with one proposed route branching off at Lidderdale (not labeled) and extending southwest over the Calumet Divide to Brown's Canyon; the second route following the South Platte into South Park, then just north of Salt Works, turning southwest and heading down Trout Creek Pass to Nathrop, with an intended destination of Buena Vista; and the third route instead continuing northwest over Hoosier Pass to Breckenridge, to connect with the existing "Blue River Extension." Based on newspaper reporting of the time, it appears that Trout Creek Pass become the "preferred" route.
As with all maps of this early period, there is some distortion in South Park, but this will give the general idea of the proposed alternate routes as envisioned in the 1879 survey.
Craig H. Trout
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