[Leica] IMGS: Arak Train Station

[Tina Manley]

Thanks, Jim. The mountains are what I used for reference when I took the
new photo, but it was very difficult to find the same points!

Tina

On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> Nice comparison.  The mountains certainly haven't changed, just the snow
> covering.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 4/28/2016 5:21 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
>
>> PESO:
>>
>> When we went back to Iran, we visited in passing the town where we used to
>> live.  In 1976, Arak was a small village of about 10,000 people.  Tom's
>> aluminum plant was the only thing there in the middle of the desert.
>> Everything had to be brought in by train.  The Shah put the plant there to
>> provide employment for the people even though there was no reason based on
>> resources to have it there.  When we visited, everything had totally
>> changed.  The small village is now a huge industrial city of over 500,000
>> people.  The nuclear power plant is there.  We found the aluminum plant
>> and
>> our neighborhood but could not find our house or anything else!  I did
>> find
>> the train station that I photographed in 1976:
>>
>>
>> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000H19S3nRtJXw
>>
>> 40 years later, it has changed, too.  The local people said there is never
>> that much snow anymore.
>>
>>
>> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I00005b_A.Jr8VKI
>>
>> Interesting for Tom and me and but I'm not sure whether the new photos
>> will
>> sell!  Not nearly as romantic, anyway ;-)
>>
>> Tina
>>
>>
>
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