Thursday Daily Elsewhere [6.19.14]

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  1. Dorian Gray says:
    June 19, 2014 at 10:32 am

    The first bridge built to carry the railroad over the Mississippi River, connecting Memphis, Tenn to West Memphis, Arkansas. The Frisco Bridge… final answer.

  2. Delaware Dem says:
    June 19, 2014 at 10:41 am

    My God. How did you…

  3. Jason330 says:
    June 19, 2014 at 10:58 am

    If he isn’t using some sort of aid, his place spotting skills are truly impressive.

  4. Dorian Gray says:
    June 19, 2014 at 11:10 am

    I made a few assumptions. 1.) It’s old, 2.) railroad only, and 3.) steel, so that puts it mid to late 19th century. I was pretty sure about that. 4.) It’s in the US. I wasn’t totally sure but I thought it was a good guess. Plus there was no reason to start the search outside the United States. 5.) That’s a wide fucking river and if it is indeed from the time frame I thought it probably means it’s not west of the Mississippi.

    So it’s the Mississippi River or another big one in the eastern US. Then I was off… I got lucky because all my assumption were correct this time. So it only took a few minutes after that.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisco_Bridge

  5. Dorian Gray says:
    June 19, 2014 at 11:11 am

    I’m using my brain first… then the internet.

  6. Dorian Gray says:
    June 19, 2014 at 11:15 am

    There was a similar cantilever bridge in the same area… but that had a roadway.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harahan_Bridge_Memphis_TN_04.jpg

  7. Jason330 says:
    June 19, 2014 at 12:43 pm

    Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.

  8. Dorian Gray says:
    June 19, 2014 at 12:52 pm

    Vote Jason ’14!

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