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trestle

[tres-uhl] / ˈtrɛs əl /


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"It was waiter service when it first started and everyone came and sat at long trestle tables and they were served their pie and It took time when it was busy," Linda says.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2024

The railroad easement crosses sensitive marine ecosystems over a swing bridge at the Swinomish Channel and a trestle across Padilla Bay within the reservation.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2023

The recently renovated former railroad trestle carries the Palouse to Cascades State Trail over the Columbia.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2023

One individual even built a room high up under the trestle beams, 20 feet off the ground.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2023

Behind the railroad trestle, the water spread even more, the rushing flood “snapping off trees like they were matchsticks … The earth shook, the snapping grew loud, and the air stank of trees.”

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone




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