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Title: Boone Viaduct over the Des Moines River, Boone, Iowa, Kate Shelley High Bridge, Kate Shelley Memorial High Bridge, Boone High Bridge, Chicago & Northwestern Railroad viaduct, Boone Viaduct
Description: "Boone Viaduct over the Des Moines River, four miles west of Boone, Iowa, on main line of Chicago & Northwestern Railway. Length 2,685 feet. Height 185. 5,600 tons of Steel. Length of center span 300 feet. Largest Double Track Bridge in the World." --t.p. The Pratt deck truss bridge was built in 1899-1901, designed by the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and constructed by the American Bridge Co. (Ambridge, PA). It is located in the Boone-Ogden Cutoff and crosses the Des Moines River at a point where the bluffs on either side are about 3000 feet apart. The bridge was nicknamed for the Iowa railroad heroine, Kate Shelley, also spelled Shelly. In 1881, when she was 17 years old, Kate Shelley risked her life to warn a passenger train by crossing the Des Moines River Bridge near Moingona at night, during a thunderstorm. Her goal was to warn the passenger train that the next bridge was out. That train had already been stopped. She then led rescuers to two men still in the swollen, flooded Honey Creek near her house, and they were saved. Her bravery was heralded in many newspapersListed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Date Created: 1905
PID: grinnell:13379

Title: Bridge and river, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Iowa River
Description: Old truss bridge across the Iowa River near Belle Plaine, Iowa. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:13772

Title: Broad Street, West of Park, Grinnell, Iowa
Description: Postcard with colorized photograph of Broad Street, West of Park, Grinnell, addressed to Ethel Longley (1884-9/19/1961).
Date Created: 1921
PID: grinnell:26617

Title: Brooklyn Hatchery and Produce Receipt
Description: Receipt from Brooklyn Hatchery and Produce to Wallace Breniman for hens, roosters, and ducks. Dated Nov. 10, 1944.
Date Created: 1944
PID: grinnell:27263

Title: C. & N.W. shops, Belle Plaine, Iowa, Chicago & North Western shops, Chicago & North Western Railroad shops
Description: Chicago & North Western railroad shops in Belle Plaine, Iowa with a railroad locomotive on a turntable. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:13447

Title: C.&N.W. R.R. Yards after tornado, May 21, 1918, Boone, Iowa, Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Yards
Description: Building remains after the May 21, 1918 tornado in Boone, Iowa. Six deaths were reported. Boone sustained the greatest monetary loss, probably $500,000, half of which was caused by the partial destruction of the Chicago & Northwestern's division shops. The storm area at Boone was confined to the extreme eastern edge of the city, about three blocks in width and nearly 10 blocks long. The storm was confined to the poorer section of the city and among those injured were railroad laborers living in box car bunk houses. 1919 postmark. Number 5.
Date Created: 1919
PID: grinnell:13886

Title: C.& N.W.R. Locomotive No. 2209, Chicago and North Western Railway Locomotive No. 2209
Description: Postcard view of C.& N.W. Railway locomotive No. 2209. Velox stamp box with diamonds in the corners. Drake Community Library (Grinnell, Iowa) Archives. Hodgdon Photographs Collection #259.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:27287

Title: C.R.I. & P. Railway Station, Atlantic, Iowa, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Depot, Rock Island Depot
Description: The Rock Island Depot located at the north end of Chestnut Street in Atlantic was once listed as one of Iowa's most endangered properties, but was saved and restored. Located at 102 Chestnut Street, Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number 12032.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13546