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A&SM - Mexican Canyon Trestle
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Mexican Canyon Railroad Trestle This is a wooden railroad trestle built in 1900 in the Sacramento Mountains of New Mexio for the lumber industry. Today it is a tourist destination that is rapidly deteriorating. The US Forest Service, in partnership with the Mescalero Apache, is attempting to preserve this historic structure. Please visit www.weaselvideoproductions.com to view more photographs of this wooden trestle. Video link posted by Ed Hollowell |
Facts
- Overview
- Large wooden trestle on the former Alamogordo & Sacramento Mountain Railroad near Cloudcroft
- Location
- Otero County, New Mexico
- Status
- Derelict, but scheduled for rehabilitation in 2007-08
- History
- Built 1899; abandoned 1948
- Railroad
- - Alamogordo & Sacramento Mountain Railway
- Design
- Timber stringer
- Dimensions
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Total length: 323.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 1979
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +32.96364, -105.74742 (decimal degrees)
32°57'49" N, 105°44'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 13/430149/3647503 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Cloudcroft
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 79001543 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 25687 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 23, 2020: New photo from Glenn Celerier
- July 4, 2017: New photos from Craig Philpott
- August 3, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- July 14, 2013: New photo from Eric Martin
- August 9, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
- March 12, 2010: New video from Ed Hollowell
- April 30, 2007: Posted photo from Eric Dillingham
Sources
- Eric Dillingham
- Mexican Canyon Railroad Trestle Video - Video about the Trestle and the restoration effort.
- Ed Hollowell - erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com
- Eric Martin
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Glenn Celerier - celerier [dot] bridgehunter [at] gmail [dot] com
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The trestle restoration is underway for any bridge enthusiasts in the area. We should be done by December, 2009!
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