Turning Basin............IR

PantherPanther Registered Users Posts: 3,658 Major grins
edited December 3, 2010 in Other Cool Shots
Howdy All,

Turning Basin is where the Texas Steamboats would turn around
to head back Up River.

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Thanks so much for looking!!!
Take care,

Craig

Burleson, Texas

Comments

  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited December 2, 2010
    Missed seeing this one Craig -- it turned out beautiful. Looks like winter.

    You caught the reflection on the water perfectly.

    Looks like a sign on the bridge -- do you know what it says?
    Mary
    www.Dogdotsphotography.com
  • PantherPanther Registered Users Posts: 3,658 Major grins
    edited December 2, 2010
    Dogdots wrote: »
    Missed seeing this one Craig -- it turned out beautiful. Looks like winter.

    You caught the reflection on the water perfectly.

    Looks like a sign on the bridge -- do you know what it says?

    Howdy Mary,

    Thanks very much, it was a really neat place and one of the first images
    on the trip.

    The Sign I am sure is lite up at night says" Welcome to Historic Jefferson"

    This is where the Steamship, and other small boats used to turn around to go back to up River.
    Take care,

    Craig

    Burleson, Texas
  • AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
    edited December 2, 2010
    Beautiful picture, Craig.... I really like it......... How did they turn a steamboat around there....???? It doesn't look that wide...
  • PantherPanther Registered Users Posts: 3,658 Major grins
    edited December 2, 2010
    Azzaro wrote: »
    Beautiful picture, Craig.... I really like it......... How did they turn a steamboat around there....???? It doesn't look that wide...

    Howdy Gary,

    Thanks very much, the steamboats that they used down there were about
    1/4 size of the big paddlewheelers like they have in New Orleans.

    They had to navigate through the small narrow passages.

    Here's a little history on it

    http://www.jefferson-texas.com/History/tabid/68/Default.aspx
    Take care,

    Craig

    Burleson, Texas
  • InsuredDisasterInsuredDisaster Registered Users Posts: 1,132 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2010
    Very nice Craig. I really like the feeling of the diagonals.
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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,325 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2010
    Very neat shot, Craig. Like Gary, I was wondering how those boats turned around at that juncture. I didn't know about the exact size difference but, just looking at the picture, I knew they couldn't have been big boats. I appreciate the link to the history piece.

    Take care,

    Tom
    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2010
    As usual, very nice capture and processing Craig!

    Did you stay at the famous haunted hotel while in Jefferson?
    Randy
  • PantherPanther Registered Users Posts: 3,658 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2010
    InsuredDisaster wrote: »
    Very nice Craig. I really like the feeling of the diagonals.

    Thanks very much!!
    Take care,

    Craig

    Burleson, Texas
  • PantherPanther Registered Users Posts: 3,658 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2010
    black mamba wrote: »
    Very neat shot, Craig. Like Gary, I was wondering how those boats turned around at that juncture. I didn't know about the exact size difference but, just looking at the picture, I knew they couldn't have been big boats. I appreciate the link to the history piece.

    Take care,

    Tom

    Howdy Tom,

    It was a pretty small area, I'll bet in the old days it was quite a bit
    larger area but the town has encroached on it a bit.

    Lots of History in that part of the State that I didn't know about.
    Take care,

    Craig

    Burleson, Texas
  • PantherPanther Registered Users Posts: 3,658 Major grins
    edited December 3, 2010
    rwells wrote: »
    As usual, very nice capture and processing Craig!

    Did you stay at the famous haunted hotel while in Jefferson?


    Thanks Randy, no we didn't stay in Jefferson, had read lots about the

    Grove Hotel<G> did get the owners book on the Oakwood Cemetery,
    really a neat little book about some of the more famous inhabitants
    that are buried there. It really made the visit even more interesting

    They really had taken very good care of it, and had some of the most
    beautiful monuments that'd I seen in a long time.
    Take care,

    Craig

    Burleson, Texas
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