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Viewing Album:  July 2012 Cahaba River Central of Georgia bridge
 
By:Donnie Strickland
Dates:8/8/2012 - 8/8/2012
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Concrete base for a trackside signal, just before the bridge.
Title:  Concrete base for a trackside signal, just before the bridge.
Description:  Everett stands on it for scale.
Photo Date:  8/8/2012  Upload Date: 8/8/2012 8:49:55 PM
Location:  Leeds, AL
Author:  Donnie Strickland
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Detail of the west bridge abutment
Title:  Detail of the west bridge abutment
Description:  This bridge was built in the 1920s
Photo Date:  8/8/2012  Upload Date: 8/8/2012 8:49:57 PM
Location:  Leeds, AL
Author:  Donnie Strickland
Categories:  Bridge
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Underside of the west abutment
Title:  Underside of the west abutment
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Photo Date:  8/8/2012  Upload Date: 8/8/2012 8:49:57 PM
Location:  Leeds, AL
Author:  Donnie Strickland
Categories:  Bridge
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Westernmost pier
Title:  Westernmost pier
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Photo Date:  8/8/2012  Upload Date: 8/8/2012 8:49:58 PM
Location:  Leeds, AL
Author:  Donnie Strickland
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Looking east at the bridge piers
Title:  Looking east at the bridge piers
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Photo Date:  8/8/2012  Upload Date: 8/8/2012 8:50:00 PM
Location:  Leeds, AL
Author:  Donnie Strickland
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Side view of the pier
Title:  Side view of the pier
Description:  With Everett standing at the base, for scale.
Photo Date:  8/8/2012  Upload Date: 8/8/2012 8:50:01 PM
Location:  Leeds, AL
Author:  Donnie Strickland
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The eastermost pier
Title:  The eastermost pier
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Photo Date:  8/8/2012  Upload Date: 8/8/2012 8:50:03 PM
Location:  Leeds, AL
Author:  Donnie Strickland
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The eastern half of the bridge supports
Title:  The eastern half of the bridge supports
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Photo Date:  8/8/2012  Upload Date: 8/8/2012 8:50:05 PM
Location:  Leeds, AL
Author:  Donnie Strickland
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Detail of the upstream side
Title:  Detail of the upstream side
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Photo Date:  8/8/2012  Upload Date: 8/8/2012 8:50:07 PM
Location:  Leeds, AL
Author:  Donnie Strickland
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Upstream side of the pier
Title:  Upstream side of the pier
Description:  Notice it's shaped like a ship's prow, the better to divert the water flow
Photo Date:  8/8/2012  Upload Date: 8/8/2012 8:50:07 PM
Location:  Leeds, AL
Author:  Donnie Strickland
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Closeup of the upstream side
Title:  Closeup of the upstream side
Description:  Showing the steel "prow" riveted to the concrete
Photo Date:  8/8/2012  Upload Date: 8/8/2012 8:50:09 PM
Location:  Leeds, AL
Author:  Donnie Strickland
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Concrete detail
Title:  Concrete detail
Description:  Looks like they got their rock right here...
Photo Date:  8/8/2012  Upload Date: 8/8/2012 8:50:10 PM
Location:  Leeds, AL
Author:  Donnie Strickland
Categories:  Bridge
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A cut-stone pier from the original 1880s bridge
Title:  A cut-stone pier from the original 1880s bridge
Description:  We forded the river at the base of the pier.
Photo Date:  8/8/2012  Upload Date: 8/8/2012 8:50:23 PM
Location:  Leeds, AL
Author:  Donnie Strickland
Categories:  Bridge
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Vertical view
Title:  Vertical view
Description:  Some of the cut stone lies at the base of the pier.
Photo Date:  8/8/2012  Upload Date: 8/8/2012 9:11:58 PM
Location:  Leeds, AL
Author:  Donnie Strickland
Categories:  Bridge
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Central of Georgia right of way
Title:  Central of Georgia right of way
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Photo Date:  8/8/2012  Upload Date: 8/8/2012 8:50:45 PM
Location:  Leeds, AL
Author:  Donnie Strickland
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Views:  205   Comments: 2
Geodetic marker on east abutment
Title:  Geodetic marker on east abutment
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Photo Date:  6/21/2014  Upload Date: 7/6/2014 10:21:09 PM
Location:  Leeds, AL
Author:  Donnie Strickland
Categories:  Bridge
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