Just want a thread where I can share photos that don't seem to fit in with current forum topics. Doubt I'll post in here that often, but for now, from a recent short trip down to PA/NJ/DE. Not going to clutter up the NJTP or NJ threads with this:
Squiggly arrow hanging on from NJ 73 to NJTP:
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Older NJTP signage, also from NJ 73:
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Zoom in for more old NJTP signage from NJ 73:
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Old button copy on the ramp from WB Jackie Robinson Pkwy to Metropolitan Avenue in Queens:
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Mural at b.a. Sweetie Candy Company in Cleveland, OH:
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^^ US 6 where OH 2 is?
Quote from: Big John on June 30, 2024, 08:41:54 PM^^ US 6 where OH 2 is?
I guess this is one of those general area maps and no one thought to think about OH 2 being there.
Quote from: 74/171FAN on June 30, 2024, 10:14:07 PMQuote from: Big John on June 30, 2024, 08:41:54 PM^^ US 6 where OH 2 is?
I guess this is one of those general area maps and no one thought to think about OH 2 being there.
It is interesting, given OH 2's limited access, while US 6 is the "scenic route" along the shore.
An intersection of As (Zoom in to also see the "ZZ Mart" at the gas station in the background):
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Stillwater Bridge over the Hudson:
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Just a photos-of-much-questionable-quality dump from a little drive I took yesterday:
New Haven, NY:
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Port Byron, NY:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53947499125_251f205c0b_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qca2Zg)
Clyde, NY:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53947369029_a82ed1eca3_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qc9nje)
County House Road Bridge over Erie Canal, Arcadia, NY:
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Coming down US 20A EB into Warsaw, NY:
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Warsaw, NY:
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Sunset in Lima, NY (US 20):
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NY 208 tunnel near Hamptonburgh, NY. 9' clearance:
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Welcome sign coming into PA from Narrowsburg, NY:
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Coffin Man must be remembered in Coventry, NY:
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Do you know the Coffin Man? He lives on Dreary Lane.
Quote from: Rothman on June 30, 2024, 08:05:17 PMMural at b.a. Sweetie Candy Company in Cleveland, OH:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53827013964_d947714355_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2q1vvWU)
I-80 makes another appearance on the side of the Gold Country Mall in Auburn, CA, but not as colorful: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ybPxZBmYKhK2BZ7X9
(there is a thread from 2015 about murals: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=16333)
Hadley Bow/Parabolic Bridge, NY:
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Railroad bridge from Hadley Bow Bridge:
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When NY reference routes get shielded, I typically roll my eyes, but with cases like NY 990V, where it serves as a spur into a community, I'm more on the fence:
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Right Lane truck in the left lane on the Thruway:
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A view along NY 30 near Hope, NY:
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Whiteface Mountain from Franklin, NY:
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A view along Forestdale Road in Black Brook, NY:
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Along NY 9N near Keene, NY:
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Wind farm along NY 177 near Lowville, NY:
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Near US 9 and I-87 in North Hudson, NY:
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Crown Point Bridge and Lake Champlain/VT, viewed from hillside near Moriah, NY:
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Crossing Crown Point Bridge:
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Not my photo, but a friend posted this 1905 photograph of Syracuse of a train traveling down Washington St across Genesee St (currently pedestrian only to the right of the triangle-ish building). Building on the left doesn't exist anymore (Yates Hotel). Something about the photo seems doctored up, but it's cited as coming from one of Detroit Publishing Company's glass negatives for their postcards.
Can't tell what's real any longer...
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Two As: NY 32A and NY 23A:
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Quote from: Rothman on December 05, 2024, 06:36:15 PMCan't tell what's real any longer...
My quick litmus test is
"Has this image done the rounds on multiple social media platforms and been posted elsewhere many times, usually attributed incorrectly?" If the answer is
no: probably 99% chance it's real.
There's a good bit of definition for a photo from 1905, but a glass negative was pretty high-quality stuff for its time. The train was probably not moving fast, because there would be blur at say...anything over 20 mph. Film stock was not very "fast" back then; i.e. the emulsion layer would react "more slowly" to light, and therefore shutter speeds were mostly manually timed to open-and-close. An indoor shot with the same era meant everyone had to stand still for 10-30 seconds.
In the coming decades, we would get all sorts of "faster" film, which permitted quicker shutter speeds, which in turn led to cameras with faster shutters, and therefore, less blur if used at a quick speed on a clear day. The aperture is quite wide open, but film, lenses, and exposure were also not yet to the near-clinical perfection we take for granted today...
Quote from: Rothman on September 22, 2024, 06:42:46 PMNY 208 tunnel near Hamptonburgh, NY. 9' clearance:
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I take it the railroad line that ran above the tunnel doesn't exist anymore. Am I wrong?
Moffat County 161A in Colorado:
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Minneapolis skyline from I-35W, one of my favorite entrances to a city:
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Sky east of La Crosse, WI on I-90:
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I-5 over the Lake Washington Ship Canal with Seattle skyline visible:
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I-5 bridge and University Bridge over Lake Washington Ship Canal:
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Fun maps at Ivar's Salmon House in Seattle:
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Acme Anvil and Dynamite Company in Barry, IL
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Drove the Bridgeport Bridge (US 281 over South Canadian River, former US 66), which recently had a "reconstruction," as ODOT described it. Widened and strengthened the 38 pony truss bridge and I believe the trusses are actually decorative now.
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Video:
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