Talk:Third Street Railroad Trestle

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Did you know... that the Third Street Railroad Trestle is the last remaining wooden trestle bridge in downtown Austin, Texas?

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Latest comment: 2 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 08:10, 22 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

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... that the rail right-of-way leading to the Third Street Railroad Trestle was abandoned? Source: "The structure is currently owned by Union Pacific Railroad Company but the railroad right-of-way to and from the trestle was abandoned." ([1] p.6)
- ALT1: ... that the Third Street Railroad Trestle is the last remaining wooden trestle bridge in downtown Austin, Texas? Source: "The trestle ... is the last example of an early 20th century wooden railroad trestle in downtown Austin." ([2] p.17)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication

Created by Bryanrutherford0 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:34, 8 December 2021 (UTC).Reply

I'm always happy to see train related DYKs (as my name would indicate). I'll be reviewing this DYK.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Both hooks are ok, but I believe ALT1 is more interesting than ALT0. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 16:11, 9 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

ALT1 to T:DYK/P1

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