E.F.P.P.
EFPP – Bridges & Viaducts
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As
a railroad with just 20 km long, the EFPP would not have many bridges or
viaducts in its entire system. Since it gauge was 60cm, and its project
was conceived to avoid costs, the main engineering jobs were cuts or
embankments.As an exception, three engineering jobs to be shown in this
site, are: Above:
Photo of the main viaduct of the railroad, at Gato Preto. This viaduct
was projected to cross the valley and gain some feet in height, just to
allow the feeding the upper
section of the kilns with lime stones. It was dismantled when the
Anhanguera highway was constructed, in the fourties. Photo: CIEFPP
files, collection of Nilson Rodrigues Below:
This is the tunnel of the EFPP tracks under the Anhanguera road, at
km.11,5. This was a mere cut, but it was reinforced with columns to
support the basement of the road. Photo
sent by Alberto del Bianco |
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Below: This bridge was installed over the Juquery river at Entroncamento station, when the connection Entroncamento-Gato Preto was in use, in early days of CIEFPP. It was dismantled in the mid-fifties. Photo: CIEFPP files, Nilson Rodrigues collection. |
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