I have really been looking at bridges lately. This is the Rt. 11 bridge across the Potomac. There is some work being done on it and you can see some scaffolding in the photo.
Rt. 11, Potomac River Bridge, Williamsport, MD
I had a very difficult time working the spider web into a decent composition. I am not really sure how well it works here, but had to include at least on photo of my efforts. The spider web as you can see in the photo was suspended between two strands of barbed wire adding to the composition and a deeper meaning if you wish to add one.
Power Plant Study No. 5 – The Web
The old power plant at Williamsport to me is a really interesting subject, and I revisited it on my way by this past Tuesday. This series was taken with an infrared digital camera and a wide angle zoom lens.
Power Plant, Williamsport, MD, No. 4
Now there is just a sidewalk going nowhere, once there was a unique structure here designed by one of the great architects of the 20th century. But it was legally vandalized into nothing.
Neutra’s Cyclorama Is No Longer
Am catching up, this is another photo I took on Tuesday. The fog is just clearing in this photo looking up the river just above the Rt. 11 Bridge.
Potomac River At Williamsport, MD, No. 2
Williamsport on the Potomac River was also a port on the old Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The aqueducts carrying the canal over rivers and streams are fantastic structures.
C & O Canal Aqueduct At Williamsport, MD
Leaving on the train to NYC from Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
The diesel electric engine that pulled the PPR commuter train out of Bay Head, NJ that I used infrequently to NYC would be replaced by a GG1 electric engine at South Amboy to make the run into Penn Station. The GG1 was in service for nearly 50 years, and was retired years after the PPR ceased to exist. Read the previous post for more info.
Cab GG1 Study No. 2, Virginia Museum Of Transportation
I know I am again behind a couple of days, but crazy schedule…
On Tuesday I stopped and took some photos at the Virginia Museum Of Transportation in Roanoke, VA. Wonderful!!! They have a GG1 sitting on a siding in their railroad collection. This locomotive, built for primarily passenger service on the Pennsylvania Railroad was a revolutionary design, both mechanically and aesthetically. The basic design was by Donald Roscoe Dohner, with the finishing aesthetics done by Raymond Loewy. This is an infrared photo to give better contrast on a gray day.
Cab GG1 Study No. 1, Virginia Museum Of Transportation
Craig Angle was a great photographer and good friend.
In Memory Of W. Craig Angle
The beach erosion as the trees gradually topple into the ocean on this section of Hunting Island is hard to capture. The experience of walking the beach changes with the tides as does the photographic opportunities.
Hunting Island, South Carolina, No. 1