Old & Unwanted

[D Boone]

Just got a canon 8400F scanner at work... Other than random crashes while using it... which is problably windows fault... I think it does a great job. Brought in some negatives to scan today and scanned this one off first. One of my personal favorites that I have taken. It was shot with my dads first SLR, that he gave to me about 8 years ago?? I guess, so this would have been shot in 96? It is one of my favorite photos because it was taken in one of my favorite places in the world, the Roanoke River in North Carolina. Felt like we had discovered the arc when we came upon this old train tressel. There was a noose hanging down from the center of the bridge, felt like that movie stand by me or something... This thing felt like it was in the middle of nowhere, with swamps all around. So enough of the nostalga... The color came off a little soft, I haven't done any editing to the scan except resizing. The scan original came off at 3200 dpi. So it sized up to roughly 10 x 14 and still had 300 dpi. Feel free to comment! http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/196/196466/folders/188302/1408963Train.jpg

[LoicC]

this bridge is a bit hairy!!!
It reminds me the bridge that collapses in Evil Dead!!! :D :D

[G2Jim]

Definitely has a spooky look to it. Great shot!

[Penguin_101_1]

was a noose hanging down from the center of the bridge
Like this?
http://www.molinews.co.uk/images/noose.gif?

Got any pics :D

Great pic!

[Bodryn]

This bridge has a nice nostalgic feel to it - in many places these old railroad bridges, trestles, and whatnot are being converted for use as footpaths or bikepaths. Unfortunately a number of these were destroyed last year in a forest fire in southeastern B.C. These paths have attracted people from around the world.

[thomascanty]

Pretty cool shot. I like it!

[Mills]

Certainly not something you see very often. I wonder how long it sat idle to get over grown like that? Interesting image and story.

[D Boone]

I thought I had a picture of the keystone somewhere...if I remember it was not all that old. Seems like it was built in the very early 1900s. I don't know how long its sat idle. It was in pretty good shape though. About half of the bridge spans swamp, thats where the trees were growing up from. The cool thing is this bridge was meant to pivot in the middle, they would pull a special train car to the center that would engage these big gears and turn it. This was back when waterways were still used heavily for shipping. They don't send barges that far up this river anymore. I have starred this RR map I found circa 1895 with the approximate location.
http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/196/196466/folders/188302/1409929NCRR1895.jpg

Its hard to see, so if anyone is curious enough I will email them the original. Now that I have updated my equipment, I hope to get back out there this spring. there are a lot of really cool things about this river to photograph. Not to mention the bald eagles! Thanks for the replies! Boone

[D Boone]

Just a little more! The water was really high, again, just resized, haven't adjusted the photo otherwise.
http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/Groups/196/196466/folders/188302/1409930Span.jpg

[jgbeam]

I love old bridges. As a structural engineer (my first job was in bridge design) I am fascinated by these early structures. Thanks for sharing.

Jim

[stoneylonesome]

Great photo and scan. Love the old bridges, I hope that this one can be preserved.