
Nobody is making a big deal of the 100th anniversary of the construction of the Albany railroad bridge across the Willamette River. That’s fitting, because when it was accomplished in 1921, the job made no splash in the papers of the time.
Tags: 100-year-old bridge, 1921, Albany Democrat, Albany Evening Herald, Albany railroad bridge, Southern Pacific
Old railroad track spurs memories of years ago
There’s a short length of rusty railroad track, just south of Crabtree Automotive, that reminds me of stories the Albany paper reported many years ago.
Tags: Albany track, Hill Street, railroad spur, Railroads, Southern Pacific