Photograph of Bear Creek Valley, near Rollingstone. Train climbing the valley on left side of photo and farm in the valley and tresel to the right of the farm.
Newly constructed steel railroad bridge (Black Bridge), and old wooden trestle in background. The wooden bridge was built in about 1879 when the railroad came to Jackson and Lakefield, Minnesota.
Spectators assess damage to the Chicago Great Western Railroad bridge during the flood of 1908. The mill and elevator can be seen in the background. The Zumbro River overflowed its banks in Rochester early on the morning of June 26, 1908.
Spectators are walking along the Chicago Great Western Railroad bridge assessing the damage from the flood waters. Much of the ground supporting the tracks has been washed away. The Zumbro River overflowed its banks in Rochester early on the morning of June 26, 1908.
People, standing on the College Street bridge, are looking at the flood waters and the sagging Chicago Great Western Railroad tracks after the flood of 1908. The Zumbro River overflowed its banks in Rochester early on the morning of June 26, 1908.
Railroad bridge over Mississippi; piers holding up bridge are numbered; shows residential settlement along riverbanks; and commercial development on top of riverbank.
View of the Winona and St. Peter Railroad bridge over the Minnesota River at St. Peter. The St. Peter State Hospital was the first stop beyond the west side of the bridge.
A view of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad bridge across the Minnesota River near the St. Peter State Hospital. The swing bridge is shown in an open position, which would allow the passage of a riverboat.
View of a steam locomotive crossing the railroad trestle across Spring Lake east of St. Peter in the Spring of 1903. The railroad was the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha.
The Winona and Southwestern Railway train is pictured moving over a trestle bridge on it's way from Spring Valley to Winona. In 1890, tracks were laid from Winona through St. Charles, Dover, Eyota, Simpson and Stewartville to Spring Valley and Osage. The railroad became the Winona & Western in 1894. A spur was built in 1900 from Simpson to Rochester. In 1901, the Winona & Western line was sold to the Chicago Great Western Railroad.