It doesn't really have anything to do with the bridge but I had a thought. Every time I see pics like this or culvert installation I always think that a long time ago, someone was working to put that fill in place when building the roadbed..... Am I crazy or does it ever cross anyone elses mind???
No, not crazy at all. I think not only about the many that built the railroad, but the railroad's effect on the communities it served. The story about this railroad is the story about the people of the Sheepscot Valley, and can be told countless times about the towns and villages across the country.
I grew up by Cape Cod and have always had an interest in the Cape's railroad history. Over the years I've learned so much about Cape community life in the 1800s and early 1900s, just tracing the story of the railroad primarily through newspaper archives, as well as other sources. I've learned a lot about Cape families that for generations had a career on the railroad. Just this month I learned a great deal more about the Drew family -- several members were roadmasters or engineers on the railroads in southeastern Massachusetts and the Cape in the 1800s and early 1900s.