Tragic 1894 Train Wreck Burning Bridge Artifacts River Dive Northwestern Ontario

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[@justin2221]

Rob your narrator voice is great. Loved hearing this story

[@OutdoorRob]

Glad you think so, I thought it was terrible LOL! Thanks Justin!

[@justin2221]

@@OutdoorRob 😅

[@jgriff3218]

Always like it when I hear the history about the location being presented. Keep up the great work.

[@OutdoorRob]

Thank You!

[@WaterWalker16]

Super interesting Rob. More of our little known history here in northwestern Ontario. Thanks.

[@OutdoorRob]

Thanks WaterWalker16! Our history is slowly disappearing and I like to try and keep it alive in video at least.

[@rjkStudios]

Fantastic video!!! Really cool that you took a dive. Thanks for sharing with us! 😎 👍

[@OutdoorRob]

Thank You! I wanted to try and cover every aspect of the event. There wasn't much information on it to be found.

[@DaveSmith-vv8ek]

Awesome video as always! Really enjoy learning about the history of our area.👍

[@OutdoorRob]

Thanks Dave! There's a lot of history around here and I enjoy finding it.

[@vancemarin8022]

Great video !!! Your videos are reaching new and higher levels !!!! Thanks for your work doing this video !

[@OutdoorRob]

Thanks Vance! It was too much effort for the return on this one...think I'll keep them at a lower level LOL!

[@tedneill1246]

When I lived in Thunder Bay I drove by that location at least twice a week and never knew anything about this story. As it appears to be a regularly visited location it would be respectful if some kind of post or something could be erected giving an overview of the tragic occurance that happened there. Great story Rob and VERY well presented!

[@OutdoorRob]

Thanks Ted! I drove by it many times also and didn't even know about it. Unfortunately any marker you put up will be vandalized in this day and age...no respect!

[@syked1]

thx for the video Rob

[@OutdoorRob]

No problem, thanks!

[@campingwithcharlie3011]

Great vid nice finds

[@OutdoorRob]

Thanks Charlie!

[@woodstacker5241]

Very nice video

[@OutdoorRob]

Thank You!

[@thegrouchyfish]

Cool artifacts! Every old structure has a story to tell.

[@OutdoorRob]

Thanks Man!

[@iBackshift]

Mint Vidya as usual. That star shaped socket is a common socket for a 4 sided square nut. Usually for putting together concrete forms and/or assembling pole line hardware using Square Head Machine Bolts with a 1 inch square nut. I bet that's a modern socket, prolly used when they did the forms for that bridge, and/or fastening around the bridge.

[@OutdoorRob]

Ya that's kinda what I figured, thanks!

[@olivei2484]

8:24 Monkey Wrench. Nice find. They were using 90 lb rail around 1894. Looks about right.

[@hafetysazard]

The thing he thought was a large rivet laying next to it is most likely the top half of a knuckle pin. I find pieces identical to that all over over the place.

[@olivei2484]

@@hafetysazard Knuckle pin, yeah make sense. There was several variations on couplers back then. Could have been similar to a king pin.

[@OutdoorRob]

Thanks Guys! I also noticed through photos that the long pc of iron that I thought was a car connector, could actually be the drive bar that went from the Engine to drive the wheels.