Names and numbers
Bridge 39
1905 – ?
Dimensions
as reportedSources on this page
History
5 facts
| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885-08-22 | A fearful accident occurred this afternoon, on the Canada Atlantic Railway, at the bridge over the Rideau about a mile and a quarter from the Elgin Street station. A few minutes before three o'clock the freight train, No. 6, consisting of a locomotive, twenty-one cars and a van, was coming from the east and, when on the curve, just at the bridge, discovered four children on the structure. The bridge is one which is not intended for public use and warning notices are placed at each end of it. In some way two of the children got away, but the two eldest girls, of about eleven and fourteen years of age, were caught by the train and mangled to death. They are said to be the children of a man named Hogan, who resided on Theodore street. | Montreal Daily Witness 1885-08-22(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1894-09-06 | The C.A.R. bridge near Hurdman's bridge has just been painted a vigorous red. | Ottawa Journal 1894-09-06(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1906 | Built This source is frequently incorrect for dates | GTR B&B | |
| 1968-11-23≥ | By 23 November 1968 (the issue date), the paper reported: "The abandoned truss bridge on the Rideau River just south of the Queensway" was to be demolished by the National Capital Commission, "slated to start on Wednesday": "The three 150-foot long sections" had served "from the days when the old Montreal-Ottawa railway line crossed it until a few years ago when the railway tracks in the area were phased out." "One other bridge on the Rideau River in the Mann Ave. area has already come down." Filed on Rideau River Bridge, the site's one bridge over the Rideau at Ottawa (inference: the item does not say which of the abandoned bridges it means). | Ottawa Citizen 1968-11-23(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) | |
| 1968-12-09≤ | From 9 December 1968 (the issue date), the paper announced: The National Capital Commission invited tenders for the "removal and disposal of concrete abutments and piers from two abandoned railway bridges over the Rideau River in the Hurdman Bridge area." Filed on Rideau River Bridge, the site's one bridge over the Rideau at Ottawa (inference: the item does not say which of the abandoned bridges it means). | Ottawa Citizen 1968-12-09(Transcribed by Colin J. Churcher in 'Local Railway...) |