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Running down the middle of Broadwell Dry Lake is the remains of the former Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad bed

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7413-broadwell-dry-lake.jpg I sit down for a few minutes on the hard, crackled surface of Broadwell Dry LakeThumbnailsLooking north on the old T&T Railroad grade running down the middle of Broadwell Dry LakeI sit down for a few minutes on the hard, crackled surface of Broadwell Dry LakeThumbnailsLooking north on the old T&T Railroad grade running down the middle of Broadwell Dry LakeI sit down for a few minutes on the hard, crackled surface of Broadwell Dry LakeThumbnailsLooking north on the old T&T Railroad grade running down the middle of Broadwell Dry LakeI sit down for a few minutes on the hard, crackled surface of Broadwell Dry LakeThumbnailsLooking north on the old T&T Railroad grade running down the middle of Broadwell Dry LakeI sit down for a few minutes on the hard, crackled surface of Broadwell Dry LakeThumbnailsLooking north on the old T&T Railroad grade running down the middle of Broadwell Dry Lake

Looking south toward Ludlow and Route 66. This railroad was built a few years before 1910. Apparently, this segment of the railroad to Ludlow was abandoned in 1933 after a major flood in the area.