Remnants of a spur line along the abandoned East Branch & Lincoln Railroad (1893-1948) in the Thoreau Falls Valley of the Pemigewasset Wilderness in Lincoln, New Hampshire. This spur line came off of the North Fork Branch of the railroad, near Jumping Brook. It crossed the North Fork of the East Branch Pemigewasset River and traveled a short distance on the East side of the river ending at a landing / work area. It had two lines of track near the end of the spur, and railroad ties are...
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Remnants of a spur line along the abandoned East Branch & Lincoln Railroad (1893-1948) in the Thoreau Falls Valley of the Pemigewasset Wilderness in Lincoln, New Hampshire. This spur line came off of the North Fork Branch of the railroad, near Jumping Brook. It crossed the North Fork of the East Branch Pemigewasset River and traveled a short distance on the East side of the river ending at a landing / work area. It had two lines of track near the end of the spur, and railroad ties are still visible on the left side.
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