Railroad Trestle at Brushy Creek
Resting near the stream bed lie granite blocks, mined in Marble Falls, that fell off railroad flat cars during shipment. Though limestone and other rock had been quarried in the area since the 1850s, the industry took off in 1897, when Cedar Park became the heaviest freight loader between Austin and Llano. Also, Cedar Park was the only source in America for shell stone, which is found in many famous buildings throughout the country. Located off Brushy Creek Road. Granite blocks from the Marble Falls quarry rest near the stream bed where they fell off flat cars during transport.
Northwest railroad trestle over Brushy Creek where thirty six granite blocks rest in the stream bed where they toppled off eighteen derailed railroad flat cars in 1886. Engineer Charlie Enlow managed to keep the engine and the caboose on the track. 1886
