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	Name:	Nancy Christine II -
	Subject:	I have one for you and AJ to see.
	Date:	8/1/2011 9:37:08 PM

Some time when it cools down, you should stop by my shop and I will take you guys out to the Hachet Creek RR bridge. At one time it was the highest trestle this side of the Rockeys. There are few things that have taken my breath when I saw them for the first time.. This is one of them.

Here is a excerpt from a story about it.
It played a vital role in the supply of munitions during WWII.

One factor which contributed greatly to the long time isolation of many of the communities along Hatchet Creek was simply the difficulty of bridging the creek. For many years the Central of Georgia railroad terminated at Goodwater largely because of the engineering problems involved in extending the line across the creek. When the present trestle was built around 1910 it was the highest railroad bridge in the United States. The trestle was considered of such strategic importance during World War II that sentries were posted on both banks of the creek 24 hours a day to guard against German saboteurs. The trestle is still impressive today, particularly when you come floating around a quiet bend in the creek and suddenly, with a roar, there appears a fright train hurdling high above the tops of the trees.

URL: Hachet Creek