Houston Co. TN Archives - Four Rivers Explorer

Photo of the L&N Railroad Bridge at Danville from 2003 looking east.

Danville L&N Railroad Bridge

Post published:September 24, 2019
Post category:Lost Roads & Railroads
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Upon the creation of our Explorations section of Explore Kentucky Lake back in 2002 (which has evolved to this standalone site, Four Rivers Explorer), I had no idea at the time that this partially-removed railroad bridge and the “big building in the middle of Kentucky Lake” were related. So at that time, I did two different articles, only later realizing that these two structures are related.

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Danville Transfer Elevator

Old Danville Transfer Elevator

Post published:September 24, 2019
Post category:Abandoned
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We’ve always enjoyed experiencing and seeing the oddities of the Four Rivers region. That’s why this site, Four Rivers Explorer, exists. But before we began this site, we had a section of our main tourism site, Explore Kentucky Lake, that was dedicated to the unusual and lesser-known aspects of our area. We called the section “Explorations”.

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New Photos of Old Danville Tennessee Railroad Bridge

Post published:November 5, 2018
Post category:Lost Roads & Railroads
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A special thanks to the Lloyd family of Asheville, North Carolina for donating some potentially never-before-seen historical photos of the old L&N Railroad Bridge at Danville, Tennessee. The photos were from a family member who was the engineer for the L&N Railroad bridge during the construction in 1931-1932.

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