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Photographs · 2023-03-26

West abutment where the railroad crossed the Canal Line

Meriden, Waterbury & Connecticut River Railroad

Masonry abutment beside the Canal Line trail. The west abutment marks the former railroad's crossing above the Canal Line, now the Farmington Canal Trail.

Evidence, credit & reuse: Modern remains, not an intact railroad bridge. Display copy optimized for the web with proportional resizing and compression. The linked repository identifies the original image. Reuse: CC BY-SA 4.0 (also GFDL; select CC).

Source: Pi.1415926535 / Wikimedia Commons (see source page for original provenance)

West abutment where the railroad crossed the Canal Line
Pi.1415926535 / Wikimedia Commons (see source page for original provenance). 2023-03-26. Open the full image to inspect small print.

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Silent Grounds Collective, Meriden, Waterbury & Connecticut River Railroad, SGC-CT062-062, ED-H2-HT-SP-017, “West abutment where the railroad crossed the Canal Line.” Source: Pi.1415926535 / Wikimedia Commons (see source page for original provenance). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:West_abutment_of_MW%26CR_bridge_over_the_Canal_Line,_March_2023.jpg. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-12.

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