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Don,
That might be the nicest view of the Knight's Ferry Bridge I've ever seen. The construction technique IS very similar -- I wonder if it was built by the same company?
And it didn't dissipate over that distance -- Yeah, that would have been very surprising to be swimming in the pool and getting gassed.Quote:
....all the gas blew east up-canyon.
Hint #2: The Knight's Ferry Bridge is two years older than the subject of this puzzle.... and they share at least one more common element....
Mark
Thanks!
That's a lovely shot too; based on the shadows I'm guessing an east-west bridge (shot taken facing west in the morning an hour or two after sunrise) with a very slow (super reflections) moving body of water underneath it; running south based on the pier geometry.
Possibly the Connecticut River.
Probably wrong; I'll play around some tomorrow.
P.S. We thought initially they had over-chlorinated the pool, then realized it was tear gas. Found out later about the Sikorsky.
Your hunch about the Connecticut River is correct.... And it's a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. Like the Knight's Ferry Bridge the site of this bridge has seen it's share of floods. The first bridge built on this site dates from the late 1700's....
One interesting side-note to this locale is that the Dent brothers ran the ferry.
Their sister Julia had married a down-at-the-heels Army officer, who later on a visit to this locale while serving in the West is rumored to have drawn up the original plans for the original bridge (since destroyed and replaced).
Who? U. S. Grant.
Anyway, let's finish this one off.
Cornish (NH) - Windsor (VT) bridge.
Yes, it is the CORNISH-WINDSOR BRIDGE connecting Cornish, New Hampshire and Windsor, Vermont.
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...Mark-075-a.jpg
(photo by Gerald Thurman)
Additional Info: The bridge is 449'5" long and consists of two spans of 204'0" and 203'0". It has an overall width of 24'0"., a roadway width of 19'6", and a maximum vertical clearance of 12'9". It is posted for ten tons.
There were three bridges previously built on this site in 1796, 1824 and 1828. The first bridges were destroyed by floods. The current bridge was built by James Tasker and Bela Fletcher. It was framed on a nearby meadow northwest of the site and later moved to its proper location. In 1935, the New Hampshire General Court authorized funds to purchase the bridge. The structure was purchased by the state in 1936 and operated it as a toll bridge until June 1, 1943. After renovation by the state in 1954, the Cornish Windsor Bridge suffered damage from flood water and ice in 1977. It was repaired again by the state for $25,000. Because of its deteriorated condition, it was closed to traffic on July 2, 1987. The bridge was reconstructed by the state in 1989 at a cost of $4,450,000 and was opened to traffic on December 8, 1989. This is the longest wooden covered bridge in the United States and the longest two-span covered bridge in the world. The American Society of Civil Engineers designated it as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1970. The bridge is featured on the Town Bicentennial Medal struck in 1976. The Cornish-Windsor Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Interior photos and more information here.
What is this bridge, where is it, and what role did it play in history?
http://donandlindacasey.com/images/MysteryBridge2.jpg
Photo: Don Casey
Very nice light and setting.
Hmmm, civil or revolutionary war battle scene perchance.... my history is a bit rusty -- we need AZBuck and few others to jump back in here.
Mark
The Burnside Bridge is located in the Antietam National Military Park near Sharpsburg, Maryland. Here's an account of the battle whereby a determined group of Confederate soldiers, perhaps as few as 300, effectively held back a 12,000 member of Union soldiers attempting to wipe out the Virginia army.
And, of course, I should mention that the Antietam battle was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. The topography of the site often made it impossible for the battlefield commanders to figure out what the relative troop strengths of two armies were and thousands of soldiers on both sides died when they ended up in exactly the wrong spot during the course of the battle.
Mark
A relatively small number of confederate troops on the high ground overlooking this bridge were able to hold up General Ambrose Burnside's Union troops for hours... allowing additional confederate troops time to arrive from Harper's Ferry so that once Burnside broke through, the Union still was unable to push back Lee's army.
This resulted in a stalemate, instead of what could have been a decisive victory for McClellan over Lee.
As it was, his failure to pursue Lee back across the Potomac after this battle probably sealed McClellan's fate (Lincoln relieved him from command within a few months), but it was enough of a victory for Lincoln to move forward with announcing the Emancipation Proclamation, which he had been holding pending some Union victory in the field.
Thousands of Union soldiers died attempting to cross/take this bridge.
One could argue that Burnside's failure to timely take this bridge, alowing even the cautious McClellan to destroy Lee's army, lengthened the Civil War by more than two years.
Ah, I see you just covered most of this....
Anyway, here's a shot from the other side. This one is looking from the Confederate position toward the Union lines. In the earlier photo you can see some of the high ground the Confederates were defending.
http://donandlindacasey.com/images/MysteryBridge.jpg
Photo: Don Casey
I guess in the days of the battle, there were no trees around the bridge and the Confederate sharpshooters (snipers) had a clear killing view of the bridge. It must have been no fun to try and take that bridge!
Mark
Sticking to the theme, (albeit, slightly expanded...) I've always loved this shot...
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...y-Mark-076.jpg
(Photo by Gerald Thurman)
Where is this? What's the name of the tunnel? (Actually, I don't even know that...So, instead, what is the general area called?)
Hint #1: It's located in a memorable state park....
... or, to be more precise, the Iron Mountain Road in the Black Hills, and this particular tunnel (no, I can't find a name either) is aligned to frame the faces of Mount Rushmore.
OK, my turn. Location please, and what makes this particular building famous?
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/forum...1&d=1245138178
Photo by Peter Thody
Yep, you are correct, although I didn't know it was called the Iron Mountain Road! Custer State Park is the largest state park in the USA and this is in the Needles District. The park is blessed some of the coolest orientation of tunnels on public roads in the nation. Some of them look like they were created in CGI for the movies -- It's hard to believe they are real!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist
Mark
Hmmm, one more hint may be in order -- it is kind of an interesting building....Quote:
Originally Posted by vambo25
Mark
... and your clue is that the weather in this shot is significant to this 1956 movie's plot (only the snow was much heavier, so much so that the road was closed).
Peter
Well, it wasn't any of the obvious ones (at least obvious to me)...
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Maybe it was a little obscure. This store was used as the setting for Grace’s Diner in the Marilyn Monroe film “Bus Stop” – where she and Don Murray were snowed in.
Hope this is a more reasonable challenge - what river is this?
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/forum...1&d=1245186946
Photo by Peter Thody
There are several film buffs in the membership, I bet someone would have gotten it today -- sometimes you need to let them season a bit!Quote:
Originally Posted by vambo25
Mark
We can take it!
Looks like a big wide river in the Northwest... Columbia?
Don,
That was my first guess as well -- but look at those mountains! I can't remember any place on the Columbia where you can see mountains like that. That looks like a commercial fishing vehicle. Dang, Peter's, (Vambo25) puzzles are tough! He must have looked high and low to find one of HIS images with so little detail - -most of Peter's photography published elsewhere on the RTA site are chock-full of iconic scenery.....
Dirty Pool! Check out the name of the file in the attached image! Well, I'm feeling a bit "twisted"!
OK, it sorta looks like the Puyallup River right near the sound... but I'm only 50/50 positive of this!
Mark
... viewed from Hwy 30, the Oregon side Can't recall the precise location though, but have swapped the photo in the quote above in case it makes it clearer what's mountain and what's cloud. Someone else's turn I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by vambo25
Peter
Wild, I never imagined that view was possible from the river.
Mark
This view is a bit tricky -- but if you look at the hills, you might get a clue...
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...y-Mark-077.jpg
(Photo by Gerald Thurman)
Where is this?
Sorry I can't be more precise but I was heading west towards Astoria on the Columbia River Highway and, if memory serves, this was towards the end of the drive. I've just "driven" the relevant section of Googlemaps but unable to come up with anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist
I used to be a field support person for a mainframe software company; my territory covered most of the West. I had some doozy locations to get to: including Ilwaco WA (where a telephone company used to be before relocating to Vancouver WA).Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist
Only reasonable way to get there was to fly to PDX, rent a car, and drive for 2-3 hours to the Long Beach peninsula. Would alternate between the OR and WA side to keep things different.
I guess the view on those drives still lurks in the back of my brain somewhere.
I've had occasion to drive both sides of the Columbia gorge at least a dozen times in the last 25 years or so. In a previous life, I was a property manager for apartment properties in the Tri-Cities area of Washington and would sometimes drive the gorge roads, in lieu of flying out of Pasco. But I've only driven to Astoria a couple of times and, as think about it, there are some sightlines from the river that would show those mountains -- A pretty amazing view in any case!
Mark
This was killing me, so I poked around Google Earth and it looks like the location is:
46 degrees 11 minutes 46 seconds North +/-
145 degrees 45 minutes 23 seconds West +/-
The boat is even there!
It's the little cove just before Astoria. Shot taken almost due North.
Google maps shows it as "Tongue Point Village"
Don,
That's pretty amazing! Good Job....
Bumping this photo back to the fore.... and the first hint.... It is an old Army fort somewhere in the west.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist
Mark
Reminds me of some of the landscape in southern AZ, as in maybe the Chiricahua area.
Warm, cold, iced over?
Warm WRT the lattitude, but you need to head east a bit...
Mark
http://www.nps.gov/foda/fortdavisfrontierpost.htm
http://www.ffdnhs.org/ourgoals.html
http://www.ffdnhs.org/images/Page%20...OALS%20pic.JPG
Photo: Friends of Fort Davis National Historic Site
Had me baffled - good detection.
Don,
Excellent work once again......
OK, swinging back to the east coast again....
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...y-Mark-078.jpg
(Photo by Dan Sedenquist)
Interior shots are pretty tough.... but if you've ever been here, you'd recognize this (probably) in a artful second....
What city? What is this place?
This appears to be in Washington, DC - the National Building Museum.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist
Here is a place I found quite interesting on my most recent trip:
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/forum...1&d=1245459438
Where was I when I took this picture? What road is being supported here?
Well, it is in Washington, DC -- Excellent work! But it is the National Art Gallery....Quote:
Originally Posted by Mass Tim
Mark
Hmmm, Yeah, that's not something you see every day.... That almost looks like a bookcase instead of a structural support for a bridge....Quote:
Originally Posted by Mass Tim
Well, I need another clue -- what state is this in? Or something else illuminating....
Mark
I don't know which bridge or even which location.... but I'm guessing that perhaps the bridge is carrying traffic along a section of the old Lincoln Highway?
Mark
This bridge is in Ohio. Note the railroad tracks in the foreground. There is also a river at this location. It is not the Lincoln Highway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist