Posted October 31, 2018, by Dennis Cass (denniscass [at] yahoo [dot] com)
In the summer of 1968, my mother and I joined my father in North Hero where he was operating a crane to assist in the removal of the footings for this bridge. As I was eleven at the time, my memories are sketchy, but I believe the bridge itself had been removed a few years prior to the final demolition.
We watched from a boat anchored about half a mile away when the footings were dynamited. First, we saw the stone flying in all directions, then felt the shock wave hit the boat. A moment later the sound waves hit. It made quite a bang.
Locals converged on the site in their boats to scoop up the fish that had been stunned by the explosion.
RUT - Champlain Lake Bridge
Posted May 21, 2014, by Luke Harden (lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com)
The Rutland Railroad has been gone since the early sixties, so chances are, the bridge is long gone.
RUT - Champlain Lake Bridge
Posted May 21, 2014, by Anonymous
I think the bridge is gone, either that or they've invented an invisibility cloak for bridges.
In the summer of 1968, my mother and I joined my father in North Hero where he was operating a crane to assist in the removal of the footings for this bridge. As I was eleven at the time, my memories are sketchy, but I believe the bridge itself had been removed a few years prior to the final demolition.
We watched from a boat anchored about half a mile away when the footings were dynamited. First, we saw the stone flying in all directions, then felt the shock wave hit the boat. A moment later the sound waves hit. It made quite a bang.
Locals converged on the site in their boats to scoop up the fish that had been stunned by the explosion.