Talk:Carrollton Viaduct

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An entry from Carrollton Viaduct appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 7 April 2006.

[edit] Oldest in the United States or in the world

In the article it is mentioned to be the oldest Rail bridge in the United States, but i have seen refrences to it being the oldest rail bridge in the world, oldest surviving railroad bridge in the world, or oldest railroad bridge still in use (where it does not mentions if it is US or World). Can anyone shed some light on this?

• http://www.ce.jhu.edu/mdcive/carrollton.htm
• http://www.trainweb.org/oldmainline/oml1a.htm
• http://www.mdkidspage.org/FamousFacts.htm

--Boothy443 | trácht ar 04:34, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for finding this. I used the Johns Hopkins reference and added the "world's oldest" statement to the article. — Eoghanacht ^talk 12:45, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

N/P. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 02:52, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Be careful - I've seen so many references that say that the B&O was the first railroad in the U.S., or that the Granite Railway was. (See oldest railroads in North America.) Maybe in this case it's true though. --SPUI (T - C - RFC) 03:28, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reverted edits, needs source

I just reverted these two edits:

• "first stone masonry bridge designed for railroad use" [change underlined] near the top of the article.
• "The construction of the B&O's Patterson Viaduct at Ilchester was completed a few months before that of the Carrollton." At the end of the article.

My referenced sources state that Patterson was finished in December [1], and Carrollton finished in November [2] or [3]. So Carrollton was built first. If I have bad info, please correct it, but also please cite a credible reference as per WP:V. Thanks. — Eoghanacht ^talk 18:31, 5 May 2006 (UTC)