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Above photo by Elmer Treloar-Charlie Whipp Collection. This late 1940s view of the viaduct captures a Wabash passenger train leaving Fort Street Union Depot. Left photo - Ariel view taken proir to the construction of the US Post Office shows the depot and approach, train sheds, Fort Street, West Jefferson and the viaduct. The Ambassador Bridge is in the far background.
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The F.S.U.D. Viaduct, as modeled on the Port Huron & Northern is approximately 1/10 the scale length of the prototype. The bridge structure was made from aircraft plywood, cut in strips and assembled in an egg crate configuration. Visible surfaces were then covered with girders cut from Atlas HO deck girder bridges. Supporting posts were fabricated with brass and Plastruct H beams and styrene strips. Plastruct girders where then added to every other bay as on the prototype. All model photos by David Held.
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West Jefferson runs under the viaduct for a short distance then is sandwiched between the viaduct approach and the industrial buildings. Photo left - 2004 view of the viaduct approach taken from West Jefferson Avenue. Photo below left - Viaduct approach on the PH&N RR. West Jefferson runs behind the viaduct.
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Above photo taken in the 1990s shows the still standing viaduct approach where the truss work once connected to the depot tracks.