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Benjamin Bartle
Biography
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.