Talk:Clinton Railroad Bridge

Article title
This article is currently titled "Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Bridge", but I wonder if it should actually be something else. The references show that this bridge was built in 1907, presumably by the Chicago and North Western Railway (note the spelling and capitalization difference; a railroad that was purchased by Union Pacific in the 1990s), but they also list the bridge as the "Clinton Railroad Bridge" and make no mention of the C&NW. Should this article be at Clinton Railroad Bridge or Chicago and North Western Railway Bridge? Slambo (Speak) 14:04, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

picture
The picture that had accompanied this article for more than a year was actually of a bridge in Pierre, South Dakota. I looked in Wikimedia commons and the best I could find was a stereoscope of the old bridge. Group29 (talk) 15:07, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

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What does this mean?
Mentioned twice, in the lead and body text -- "From 1859 to 1908, the mileage in operation increased from 28,789 to 229,230,....". Needs explanation. Moriori (talk) 23:25, 9 January 2020 (UTC)

And this -- "the bridge was declared a post route, therefore stopping the occupation of steamboats and approval of railroads". What is a post route. What is occupation of steamboats? It says the declaration stopped occupation of steamboats and approval of railroads. Not clear. Is it meaning to say that declaring it a post route gave approval to rail or prevented introduction of rail?. Moriori (talk) 02:12, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Accuracy
The article states that this bridge is the second rail bridge over the Mississippi River and the first on the Upper Mississippi. This in not correct if "Upper Mississippi" is defined as above St Louis. The first rail bridge was the 1856 bridge between Rock Island Illinois and Davenport Iowa, about 30 miles south of Clinton. I wonder if the authors believe the Rock Island-Davenport bridge is south of the "Upper Mississippi." There are multiple sources that document the Rock Island Davenport bridge, built by Henry Farnam, was the first rail bridge over the Mississippi and is on the "Upper Mississippi." See the bridge history at www.riveraction.org I believe, but do not have a source, that the Clinton Bridge was the first iron bridge over the Mississippi. The 1856 bridge was wood construction Eatongeo (talk) 01:32, 26 February 2023 (UTC)