T&P Overpass in Marshall, Texas

Marshall, TX
T&P Overpass in Marshall, Texas

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Photo Credit The Grace Museum - The Portal to Texas History
Date January 1, 1979
Category Stations & Structures

Description

Photograph of a T&P railway on an overpass of North Grove St. in Marshall, Texas. Written underneath the image are "Texas & Pacific Ry - North Grove St underpass looking north - 1979 Marshall, Texas - around 1933 a boy in his teens fell off this bridge trying to catch a freight. The north side was still open. It is a double track. The boy was killed. Later on I found a teenager who tried the same thing I found him at 7:00 am with a broken leg." and "-Marshall Adams Photo."

Adams, Marshall. [T&P Overpass in Marshall, Texas], photograph, 1979; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth860387/: accessed March 5, 2020), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Grace Museum.