Historic Structures Report: Railroad Trestles
Battle DG. 1971. Historic Structures Report: Railroad Trestles. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Western Service Center, San Francisco, California
This historic structures report concerns the railroad trestles at Golden Spike National Historical Site. The National Survey of Historic Sties and Buildings' 1960 "Special Report on Promontory Summity, Utah" recommended inclusion within the Site boundaries those "historic remains that illustrate the construction story," of which the trestles are a part, on the basis that "all, or nearly all, are necessary to proper interpretation." The report proposes the following construction activities: 1. Stabilize foundation construction and piles, replacing unsound members with like members; 2. Restore wash drainage bed to original grades; 3. Replace unsound members of superstructure with like members and with like connections; 4. Treat all lumber with preservative. New material shall be treated before placing; 5. Clear site of extraneous vegetation.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Battle, David
- Date of Issue
- 1971-06
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- GOSP , IMR
- Keywords
- central pacific, locomotive, railway, trestles
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 054527: Southern Pacific Wood Trestle #1 , CRIS-HS: 054526: Southern Pacific Wood Trestle #2