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Biographical Info

Benjamin Bartle was the engineer on August 6, 1860, when the first Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad train crossed the bridge over the Cumberland River in Clarksville, Tennessee. The bridge represented a major hurdle in building a vital portion of the rail line linking Memphis and Louisville.

In October 1860, Bartle traveled to Philadelphia “where he had been to receive a fine new locomotive just finished there for the” Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville.

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Simon B. Brown

Receiver
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A. F. Goodhue

Superintendent
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John Cain

Conductor
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Ed Boone

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Superintendent
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