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North Missouri Railroad Ferry

St. Louis County, Missouri, and St. Charles County, Missouri

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North Missouri Railroad ferry

St. Charles side of Missouri River; first Wabash Bridge #59 under construction in the background

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Overview
Lost Ferry across Missouri River on North Missouri Railroad (Wabash Railroad predecessor)
Location
St. Charles, St. Louis County, Missouri, and St. Charles County, Missouri
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Ferry operation succeeded by original Wabash Railroad Bridge #59 (1871)
Railroad
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
Design
Paddlewheel steamer "North Missouri" later adapted from a passenger/freight-carrying boat, to RR car ferry boats
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.78307, -90.47567   (decimal degrees)
38°46'59" N, 90°28'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/719267/4295730 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Saint Charles
Inventory number
BH 64865 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,382)
Brotherton, Missouri (1)
Built 1855 (42)
Built during 1850s (492)
Ferry (206)
Lost (28,489)
Lost 1871 (11)
 Lost during 1870s (77)
Missouri (6,563)
Owned by railroad (13,501)
St. Charles County, Missouri (91)
St. Charles, Missouri (20)
St. Louis County, Missouri (324)
Wabash Railroad (592)

Update Log 

  • December 19, 2014: Added by James Holzmeier

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