NEB&W Guide to the Winooski River, VT

Last Update: 2009-11-13

Upstream, the Winooski is a pretty turbulent river, tumbling over falls and powering mills. But for the last five miles or so, it meanders across its flood plain before emptying into Champlain.
- [Topographic map c. 1956. (Note the oxbow lakes left behind as the river meandered.)]
- [Postcard of the river.]
- [Another postcard.]
The shoreline by the mouth of the river.
- [Prototype photo c. 1980's along the lake.]
- [Composite photo c. 1980's looking up the river. The wild onions that give the river its name ("stinky river") are on the left.]
- [Prototype photo c. 1980's.]
- [Grand composite c. 1980's.]
The bridge across the river was built contemporary with the large swing spans on the causeway as part of the Island Line construction c. 1900. The Winooski bridge, however, fell victim to the great flood of 1927 and had to be replaced with a slightly more modern design. (How it differed from the original, I don't know.) Tony Steele scratchbuilt a generic bridge for the last layout, from an article in Model Railroader. When we moved to our current location, his model was placed in this scene.
- [Broadside view, unknown date.]
- [Bridge c. 1974, a decade after the tracks had been taken up. End view by Paul Hubbs.]
- [Site of the bridge a few years later.]
- [On our layout.]
- [Another view.]
A contemporary view of several of the cabins.
- [Prototype photo c. 1980's.]
A single cabin.
- [Prototype photo c. 1980's.]