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Subject: [Leica] IMG: WayBack Week 35
From: matthew at hunt.tc (Matthew Hunt)
Date: Sat Sep 15 01:05:13 2007
References: <077AF7B0-7BAF-4F0C-8B82-71993AED8067@mindspring.com>

Dramatic view, thanks, Matthew

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+matthew=hunt.tc@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Ric Carter
Sent: 13 September 2007 00:54
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: [Leica] IMG: WayBack Week 35

Up until about 1990, the Washington, NC railroad trestle across the  
Pamlico River was manually powered. The tender had to make a short  
row to the draw every morning. There was a large turnstile wrench  
that was fastened in the center of the girder draw. The tender then  
walked in circles pushing the wrench to open and close the bridge. He  
would sit and read and listen to the radio in the little shed there  
between openings and closings.

As the bridge was on the sound side of Washington, it was opened  
after the day's last freight, and stayed open until the tender  
returned to work the next morning. This was shot from a boat on the  
river.

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/PAW+2007+and 
+1982/35draw.jpg.html>
<http://tinyurl.com/2gqjo7>

Ric Carter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/


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