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I've never used this camera, so I wanted to see how it focused on items at near minimum distance. This is one of those sort of test and texture shots.
Hanging on the barbed-wire fence (that no one pays attention to - the deer just wander through it as if it weren't even there) is a wooden board with our house number on it. Dad made that for us many years ago and I recently found it in the dirt not far from where it's now hanging.
Item Number:9376-6B
Document Title:Mrs. T.W. Bryant Torrington, CT Study for Improvement of Fountain & Terrace Plan Scale: 1/4" = 1'
Project:09376; Bryant, T. W. Mrs.; Torrington; CT; 07 Private Estate & Homesteads; 29;
Artist/Creator:OBLA / OLMSTED BROTHERS --EMP
Location:Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, MA
Category:PLAN
Purpose:A&E (Architectural & Engineering)
Physical Characteristics:0000176772 22 x 34 graphite trace
Dates:9-MAY-1935
Please Credit: Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
I'm duplicating numbers like mad, but that's okay. There's a lot of interesting numbers-in-situ out there!
I finally got lucky while having my Nikon on hand and of the dozen or so shots I took of 103 approaching my location here, this one is by far and away my favorite. With the retirement of 102 now official, only 103 and 116 remained in service with their original paint as of the time of this photograph. The bridge in the background is Murray Boulevard (originally 145th Avenue) and parts of the structure date back to this being a BN branch line.
On April 9, 1984, 103 was the first MAX light rail car ever delivered to TriMet, rolling off a specialized flatcar after having a ceremonial bottle of champagne smashed against one of its couplers. For the next year or so, 103 was TriMet's guinea pig and in addition to being paraded around and used for PR, it was also the first MAX car to ever run under its own power on the system. Although it's aged along with the rest of us and has seen its fair share of changes, to say that it's historic is an understatement.
On the other side of that historical coin, while 103 was having its finishing touches applied at Bombardier's plant in Barre, Vermont in 1983, this right-of-way was a Burlington Northern branch line that was slowly fading into obscurity. Once a very busy line, it was bypassed in 1984 as it sliced right through the middle of downtown Beaverton, albeit on a different path than MAX follows east of Cedar Hills Boulevard today. The 100-plus car long trains combined with 10 mph track speed and its diagonal path through the city center meant that traffic could be gridlocked for miles in virtually all directions when the freight trains rolled through. An agreement between BN and Southern Pacific allowed a connection between the two to be built and the low-speed trackage to be bypassed. The bypass still exists today as a dead end but as a result, is used only for occasional railcar storage. TriMet would purchase this right-of-way for the extension of the Blue Line to Hillsboro opening in 1998 although a short segment of freight trackage would remain near here to serve a General Motors parts warehouse. When GM went bankrupt in 2008, the parts warehouse closed and the final fragment of freight service through this area would finally be abandoned with rails being lifted not long after.
Item Number: 07306-12-pt1
Document Title: Proposed Relocation of Railroad Right of Way between Boca Grande & Gasparilla I. Florida scale Approx. 1" = 400'
Project: 07306; Boca Grande Land Company; Peterkin, C. R. -- -- --; Boca Grande; Florida; 07 Private Estate & Homesteads; 29
Artist/Creator:
Location: Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, MA
Category: PLAN
Purpose: A&E
Physical Characteristics: 0000156056 13 x 39 cyano neg ch/ch paper
Dates: Sep24
Please Credit: Courtesy of the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site.
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Plymouth Northside Historic District
Plymouth, Indiana
Listed 09/25/2013
Reference Number: 13000760
The Plymouth Northside Historic District qualifies for the National Register of Historic Places under criteria A and C. The residential district was developed first as part of the original plat of the city of Plymouth and included the courthouse square . Its boundaries increased as residential development occurred north of the original plat during the early 1900s. The district is important architecturally for two reasons: 1) it has a broad inclusion of architectural types that include some from the earliest period of the city's development and 2) it has a variety of well-executed architectural styles that were popular during the period of development in district. Areas of significance for which the district qualifies are Architecture, Community Planning and Development, Entertainment/Recreation, and Politics/Government. The district's architecture represents some of the finest examples that were popular during the Period o f Significance in Plymouth and Marshall County . The district also has the distinction, though residential in nature , of having t he courthouse square in its southern half. This was a design feature in the original plat of the city . The inclusion of this community planning feature allowed the influence of county government to be a part of the district's history which led to the designation of the Lincoln Highway through the district. Also a part of the district's history is the development of the city 's first park; it is located on the east side of the district along the Yellow River. It is acutely linked to the city's early residents and was substantially developed further under the Work Progress Administration . A heavy influence in the district's history is the role religion played in establishing churches, parsonages, and educational buildings in the area.
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